Enhancing Automaticity in Middle School Textbooks
Abstract
Recent approaches in second or
foreign language teaching such as
the Competency-based Approach
seek to enhance automaticity
amongst learners. An examination
of Algerian Middle School English
textbooks Spotlight on English
reveals that their ultimate aim is to
promote automaticity through the
Competency- based Approach.
Automaticity in these textbooks is
said to be achieved through oral
interaction, negotiation, and
interpretation of oral and written
texts as well as their production.
More importantly, the syllabus puts
more emphasis on helping pupils
to use language creatively and not
merely reproductively. In this paper,
we will highlight the notion of
‘automaticity’ in recent SLA
literature, its implementation in the
Algerian school and its eventual
application amongst pupils
following the English textbooks in
the Middle School.
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