Silent Way Method

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Today we will talk about the silent way, so we will see a little bit about its history, characteristics and some activities we did in class, join me!

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. 

Some of the main principles to keep in mind:

We also saw some of the techniques to be implemented with this method, and we even did some activities.

The sound-color chart technique which consists of every block of color represents a sound in the target language, you can form sentences with this, or even just words. 

Or the teacher's silence, the teacher basically gives just as much help as is necessary and the is silent, in this exercise you depend more on your own knowledge than on the teacher's, he cannot help you even with your mistakes 

We also did some translations and we played with some color blocks. I took some pics

And that was all, thank you very much for reading me, hope to see you here next week, take care!

Oh, We ended the day celebrating Valentine's Day with some friends, we ate some delicious desserts.