BEGINNING SEI STRATEGIES

Beginning SEI Strategies



Beginning SEI Strategies

Total Physical Response

Contextual Clues

Analysis

This approach is based on the principle that people acquire a language in a particular sequence.

2. The sequence is that understanding comes before speaking and is further advanced than speaking

Understanding is a necessary condition for speech to appear.

Application

It may be demonstrated as follows:

The instructor motions four students to come and sit on either side of him.

The instructor utters a command, models it and motions the students next to him to copy his action.

The instructor may often delay his response slightly in order to give the students a chance to ...