A teacher introduced relative clause through an authentic text and went on to give a lot of example in context. She also gave them lot of exercises in which learners noticed and used the form. At last she drew the attention of learners how the form works in contexts. What is this strategy known as?

A teacher introduced relative clause through an authentic text and went on to give a lot of example in context. She also gave them lot of exercises in which learners noticed and used the form. At last she drew the attention of learners how the form works in contexts. What is this strategy known as? Correct Answer <span style="">Consciousness raising</span>

Language learning is the process of learning to speak and understand a foreign language. It helps children to acquire practical commands of language. It is a result of deliberate and conscious effort for a better understanding of foundational skills of language learning

  • Language strategies and activities ensure the growth of learners' knowledge and assess their level of understanding. It is an authentic source to determine that the classroom teaching is resulting in actual knowledge enhancement of the learners.

Key Points 

  • The above-mentioned strategy is known as Consciousness-raising which refers to drawing the attention of the learners through examples to context and use as it is the process to raise something to consciousness which means to make learners aware of something.
  • Consciousness-raising activities are designed to raise the learners’ language awareness. The learners are required to solve the problems interactively in order to formulate both the explicit and the implicit knowledge.
  • The consciousness-raising activities can help learners build their conscious knowledge and understanding of how the language works grammatically. These activities make the learners aware of language so they can achieve an accurate use of the tenses in an appropriate context for communication. 

Hence we can conclude that the above-mentioned strategy is known as Consciousness-raising.

Additional Information

  • Think aloud protocol is a method used to gather data when a person or a group of people are asked to verbalize their thought process during performing a specific task, which is then recorded for further analysis.
  • Grammar translation is a traditional method through which language is taught with a detailed study of grammar. Thus, learners apply the rule of grammar in translating sentences from their mother tongue to the target language. 
  • Inferential methods help learner successfully synthesize the content of the selected reading matter. Learners' personal knowledge and imagination are the bases for conjectures or hypotheses in such a case.

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