T-S-S-T
1.  Many times, the student will have trouble producing the same question that the teacher has just asked him/her.  Students need a lot of practice asking questions.

2.  The teacher should be careful not to overuse this technique
EXAMPLE
Teacher:  Ji Young, to what does audio-lingual methodology owe its existence?
Ji Young:  Audio-lingual methodology owes it existence to the behaviorist models of learning.
Teacher:  Ji Young, ask Eun Ha the same question.
Ji Young:  Eun Ha, to what does audio-lingual methodology owe its existence?
Eun Ha:  Audio-lingual methodology owes it existence to the behaviorist models of learning.
Teacher:  Eun Ha, ask me the same question.
Eun Ha:  Mr. Schwartz, to what does audio-lingual methodology owe its existence?
Teacher:  Audio-lingual methodology owes it existence to the behaviorist models of learning.
USING THE 4 T's
Teacher Talk
"Ji Young, how many components of proficiency are there?"


"Can you ask Eun-Ha the same question?"






"Eun Ha, can you ask me the same question?"


"There are six components of proficiency."
Tasks
Answer the question.




Ask the same question to another student.


Answer the question.



Ask the same question to the teacher.
Target Response
"There are six components of proficiency."



"Eun Ha, how many components of proficiency are there?"

"There are six components of proficiency."


"Mr. Schwartz, how many components of proficiency are there?"
Techniques
Initiate TSST by asking a question to a student.


Tell the student to ask another student.






Tell the student to ask you that question.


Answer the question by modeling the correct response.
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