Speech Varieties When Teaching. A Study of the Speech Varieties that the Language Teacher Chooses to Employ in the Classroom Context in Relation to the Teaching Method

Authors

  • Mihaela Haldan Școala Gimnazială ,,Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu” Iași Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

method, teacher’s role, formality, teaching styles, attitude

Abstract

The present study operates as a means of awareness-raising as regards the choice made by the teacher of English of “the appropriate speech variety” in the classroom context, taking into account the fact that teachers’ discourse could <and should> vary according to the content (“the language of…”), the channel (spoken, written or mixed), the participants, or even the role played by the teacher within different types of lesson as specific teaching methods (The Grammar-Translation Method, The Direct Method, The Audio-Lingual Method, The Silent Way, Suggestopedia, Total Physical Response, The Lexical Approach, etc.) require specific levels of formality, style or attitude.

Author Biography

  • Mihaela Haldan, Școala Gimnazială ,,Bogdan Petriceicu Hașdeu” Iași
    •   Educational background:  MA in Applied Linguistics – English Language Teaching, Faculty of Letters, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Ia iș  BA in History and English Language and Literature – tefan cel Mare University ofȘ Suceava Publications: 1. “HOLE IN THE WALL” in Proceedings of the 2nd CommScie International Conference “Challenges for Sciences and Society in Digital Era”, Iasi, Romania, December 2015. pp. 209-211, ISBN: 978-606-13-2892-5 2.“TOPUNISHORNOTTOPUNISH(DISRUPTIVEBEHAVIOUR):THATISTHE QUESTION” in Romanian Review of Young Researchers (RRYR). Romanian Association of Young Scholars (RAYS). Bucharest, Romania. Vol. I/ Issue no. 4. January 2016. pp. 36- 49, ISSN 2393 - 2775 3. “MACROSTRATEGIES FOR LANGUAGE TEACHING. A Sample of Lesson Analysis” in RATE (Romanian Association of Teachers of English) Summer Issues, issue no. 17, 2016, ISSN 1844 - 6159 http://rate.org.ro/blog2.php/1/macrostrategies-for-language-teaching-a 4. ,,LIMBAJ I COMUNICARE ÎN COALA ROMÂNEASCĂȘ Ș ” în Coordonate Metodico- tiintifice. Publicatie Judeteană de comunicare didactică , Editura Casei Corpului Didactic Vaslui. Anul V, nr. 1 (6) / 2016. pp.99-100, ISSN 2096–6035.  
    • 5. ,,PROFESORUL, VECTOR FUNDAMENTAL ÎN DEZVOLTAREA PSIHO- COMPORTAMENTALĂ A ELEVILOR”, Simpozionul Interjude ean Online ,,Didactica” - ,,,Managementul Grupului de Elevi”; Bîrlad. 2016. ISSN 2457-6425 6. ,,Păstrarea sănătă ii mediului – o provocare a secolului XXI!” în Copiii-prietenii pădurii! – Simpozion interjude ean,ț edi ia a III-a, Editura MEDIA SIND. Mai 2016. Pp. 65-66. ISBNț 978-606-755-040-5 7. “WHY PUNISH? WHY NOT COPE WITH IT?” in RATE (Romanian Association of Teachers of English) Winter Issues, issue no. 18. 2016. ISSN 1844 – 6159 http://rate.org.ro/blog2.php/1/why-punish-why-not-cope 8. ,,APLICABILITATEA TEORIILOR LINGVISTICE VARIA IONISTE I AȚ Ș PRINCIPIULUI OMOGENITĂ II ÎN ETEROGENITATE” în Simpozion regional „Rolul complementarităţii educaţiei formale-nonformale în dezvoltarea personală a  elevului”, Ediţia a IV-a, Editura Casei Corpului Didactic Vaslui, decembrie 2016, pp. 134- 136, ISSN 2458 – 0767, ISSN – L - 2458 – 0767 9. “LIMBAJUL, UN INSTRUMENT SOCIO-CULTURAL” în ȘCOALA VIITORULUI , nr.10, edi ia a X-a, Vaslui. 2017. pp.24-26. ISSN 1841 – 7000

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29-07-2025

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2017): Summer 2017

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Speech Varieties When Teaching. A Study of the Speech Varieties that the Language Teacher Chooses to Employ in the Classroom Context in Relation to the Teaching Method. (2025). RATE Issues, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.69475/