THE SILENT WAY METHOD
THE SILENT WAY METHOD The Silent Way was founded in the early 1970s by the Egyptian mathematician and educator Caleb Gattegno. It is based on the idea that language learning can be enhanced in three main ways: discovery rather than teaching; problem solving in the target language; the use of physical tools. Above all, the teacher should be seen and not heard. In the Silent Way, the teacher is a facilitator, intervening vocally only if absolutely necessary. Learning is achieved through the use of color-coded charts that represent the sounds and spellings of language and small, colored, multi-length blocks of wood called Cuisenaire rods (originally designed for mathematics). An essential tenet of the Silent Way is that the teacher does not teach but helps the learner learn. TYPICAL FEATURES OF SILENT WAY LESSON: • target language/some mother tongue. • learner-centred. • teacher silence except as last resort. • TL sounds presented via sound-colour chart. • Cuisen
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