{"id":5900,"date":"2014-03-24T08:16:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-24T08:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edtechandtesol.info\/phd\/?p=5900"},"modified":"2014-03-24T08:16:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-24T08:16:25","slug":"how-would-you-answer-krashens-assertion-that-teaching-eap-is-a-waste-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lantern.humanities.manchester.ac.uk\/?p=5900","title":{"rendered":"How would you answer Krashen\u2019s assertion that teaching EAP is a \u201cwaste of time\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The above question was posted on the Oxford University Press English language teaching global blog<\/a><\/p>\n

This reply was circulated via the BALEAP mailing list.<\/p>\n

Any comments?<\/p>\n

\u201c[Stephen Krashen] did a tour of Saudi Arabia a few weeks ago, and gave three training sessions at our university.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

He repeated these things (listed in order of what I remember and not giving value judgements on them)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
-teaching grammar is a waste of time<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
-having standardised exams is a waste of time (we should rely on teacher evaluation)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
– teaching must be ‘compelling’, in the sense that the student becomes so awestruck that he\/she forgets him\/herself and becomes totally immersed in the activity – no further guidance on how to achieve this!<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
– he gave us an example of his own learning English (his first language) when he grew up in his middle-class house surrounded by books. Not sure how I can transpose this to Saudi society.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Regards<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Aftab Ahmed<\/span>
\nTaiba University<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Madinah<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
Saudi Arabia<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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