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MIMIC-MEMORIZE [1 record]

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Record 1 2017-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

A teaching technique in which students imitate a model and then repeat it to the point of memorization.

CONT

The methods are frequently called mim-mem(mimic-memorize), and pattern practice.... The mim-method begins with a situation.... The student must mimic a native speaker, real or recorded, and remember a rather large number of useful sentences within the situation. From the memorized sentences are drawn certain structures, phonological and grammatical, for particular emphasis and drill.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

On s'est d'abord contenté de faire apprendre par cœur - par imitation fidèle du modèle sonore - des phrases aux structures différentes (textes suivis) ou identiques (séries de phrases isolées.) C'était la méthode d'imitation-mémorisation [...]

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