From Mother Tongue to Tip Tongue. A Didactic Strategy Based on Reading

Authors

  • Silvia Munteanu Liceul Pedagogic „D. P. Perpessicius”, Brăila Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.69475/

Keywords:

Tip Tongue, didactic strategy, foreign language teaching, literature, bilingualism

Abstract

In this paper I aim at presenting Tip Tongue, a new didactic strategy invented by the French professor Stéphanie Benson. This method of teaching foreign languages consists in reading stories in which the book character (as well as the reader) starts from his/her mother tongue and is gradually exposed to more and more complex structures of a foreign language, to 100% in the last chapter. It is a concept which gives confidence to the learner and facilitates the acquisition of a foreign language in a pleasurable way, thanks to literature.

Author Biography

  • Silvia Munteanu, Liceul Pedagogic „D. P. Perpessicius”, Brăila

    Silvia Munteanu has been teaching English since 2001. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English and French  and   a   Master’s   degree   in  Translation   and   Interpretation.   She   is   an   author   of scientific articles on the topic of traductology and English didactics. She has been involved in various Comenius and Erasmus projects: Teaching English through Games and Songs (2005) – London, UK; Developing Oral Fluency in the Secondary English Language Classroom (2012) – Exeter, UK;  Integrating Technology in English Language Instruction with Teacher Education and Leadership Academy  (2013) – an Edexcel Assured Programme – London, UK;  Creativity Awakening with Pictures for Education  (2014) – Olching, Germany (Grundtvig Workshop); initiator   and   coordinator   of   the   Erasmus+   Project,   Key   Action   K1,   VET   mobilities:  New Horizons in Teaching. Training Future Teachers in accordance with European Requirements regarding Pre-schooling Teaching (2015-2016); coordinator in many E-twinning projects.

References

Benson, Stéphanie, Hannah și comoara elfului primejdios, Traducere din limba franceză de Diana Morărașu, Editura Booklet Fiction, București, 2019.

Benson, Stéphanie, Tom și secretul castelului bântuit, Traducere din limba franceză de Diana Morărașu, Editura Booklet Fiction, București, 2020.

Dimitriu, Corneliu Tratat de gramatică a limbii române. Morfologia, Institutul European, Iași, 1999.

Fries, Charles, Teaching of English, The George Wahr Publishing Co, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1966.

Mancaș, Aniela et alii, Provocarea lecturii. Ghid metodologic de receptare a mesajului scris, Editura Didactică și Pedagogică, București, 2013.

Webography:

https://fr.calameo.com/read/00169842909bfffe566aa

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-Jv788tKTrSZoHYPtKl1zdIUBpM8F-OJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCWl22aq444&list=PLJv788tKTrSZoHYPtKl1zdIUBpM8F-OJ&t=2s&index=3

https://en.calameo.com/read/001698429efcfd3f12b0a

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Published

09-07-2024

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2020): Summer 2020

Section

Articles

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How to Cite

From Mother Tongue to Tip Tongue. A Didactic Strategy Based on Reading. (2024). RATE Issues, 24(1). https://doi.org/10.69475/