Only the most popular Techniques and Methods of the Silent Way are mentioned.

1. El Bouhssini Mohamed Achraf

2. Techniques and materials

3. Techniques
• Teacher’s silence: minimal intervention

4. Teacher’s Silence
• Silence makes Ts instructions valued and thus
get attention when they talk .
• It gives Ss the opportunity of self-correction.
• The learning process becomes Ss centered.

5. Techniques
• Peer correction: collaboration instead of
competition.

6. Techniques

7. Techniques
• Structured feedback

8. • Ss make observations/comments on the
lesson and Ts take them into consideration to
ensure effective learning.
• Ss become aware of their learning
responsibility.

9. Materials
1. Sound-color chart
2. Rods
3. Word chart
4. Fidel chart
5. Pointer

10. Sound-color chart
• It consists of blocks of color, each color representing
one sound in the language being learned.

11. Rods
• Rods: concrete meaning trigger to teach single
items or structures.

12. Word chart
• Each letter is colored in a way that indicates its pronunciation (using
the same scheme as the Sound-color Chart).

13. Fidel charts
• Used to teach spelling of blocks of sounds, and to distinguish
between the ones that are similar, using the same color code as the
Sound-color and Word Charts.

14. Pointer
• Used to indicate a sound symbol for the Ss to
produce.

15. References:
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3. https://www.slideshare.net/Taghreeed/the-silent-way-14720927
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Way
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