Both phrases would be daughters of S which “immediately dominates
them”. That means that S is the nodeor point in the tree diagram which is
immediately above them. They are daughter-dependent on S.situated learning n
a term used in sociocultural theoryand which views learning as not
simply a cognitive process but a social one which is shaped by the situation
and social context in which learning is embedded. For example language
learning in a classroom is shaped by the setting, the participants, their roles,
the activities undertaken, and the resources used.
Situational Language Teaching n
alsooral approach
a language teaching methoddeveloped by British language teaching
specialists between 1940 and 1960. Situational Language Teaching is a
grammar-based method in which principles of grammatical and lexical
gradationare used and new teaching points presented and practised
through situations. Although no longer in fashion, techniques derived from
Situational Language Teaching are found in many widely used language
teaching textbooks.
situational method n
(in language teaching) a term sometimes used to refer to a teaching pro-
gramme or method in which the selection, organization, and presentation
of language items is based on situations (e.g. at the bank, at the super-
market, at home). Asyllabus for such a language course or textbook may be
referred to as a situational syllabus. Many methods make use of simulated
situations as a way of practising language items, but use other criteria for
selecting and organizing the content of the course (see notional syllabus,
functional syllabus, for example). Only if situations are used to select,
situational method