Teaching the Speech Act of Praise via the Phenomenon-Based Approach
Teaching the Speech Act of Praise via the Phenomenon-Based Approach

Author(s): Elena Varzari
Subject(s): Philosophy, Language and Literature Studies, Literary Texts, Essay|Book Review |Scientific Life, Library and Information Science
Published by: Biblioteca Ştiinţifică a Universităţii de Stat Alecu Russo
Keywords: Phenomenon-based learning; learner-centred approach; the speech act of praise; student inquiry; problem solving.
Summary/Abstract: The goal of the present article is to investigate how the Phenomenon-BasedLearning Approach can be applied in teaching the speech act of praise. Beinglearner-centred, Phenomenon-based learning is a rather new multidisciplinaryteaching style based on learner inquiry and problem solving activities. Itsnovelty lies in the procedure within which the students themselves, under theguidance of teachers, choose a topic (phenomenon), decide what they want toknow about it, explore and answer their own questions using and applyingexisting knowledge from various subjects appropriate to the solving of the setgoals. We propose the scenario of such an activity following some of the stepsspecific for the PhBL approach.

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