Alternative methods of teaching foreign languages

Abstract

The article deals with the peculiarities of the use of alternative methods of teaching a foreign language. Such technologies of training help students to develop necessary skills, increase interest in educational material, allow to make educational process more effective and individualized. The use of alternative methods in the study of a foreign language consists in application in the classroom various interactive learning tools: business games, multimedia lessons, internet communication technologies etc. In the context of language teaching, the overarching objective is to cultivate the requisite communication abilities. Alternative methods promote the solution of problems of communicative character, helps to teach students to self-discipline and successful cooperation with each other, to work in team. The main advantages of such methods is overcoming of communicative barriers, hat often occurs when students study a foreign language. Alternative teaching methods include a method of complete physical reactions, suggestive method , drama-pedagogical teaching, silent and group method. Suggestive method of learning a foreign language is based on the selective lexical material commonly used in basic vocabulary. The main idea of drama-pedagogical method is that a foreign language teacher can borrow much for his professional practice from the art and actors. The method of complete physical reaction is based on concerted action and speech, speech training through physical (motor) activity. The main advantage of "silent" method is to improve oral communication skills, overcoming fear of linguistic accuracy and correctness of teaching ideas. "Group method" – basic principles of training were borrowed from the field of customer relations with consultant: They focused on a combination of cognitive and emotional learning processes.