LAMP method

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The LAMP method is a language learning method that Thomas and Elizabeth Brewster introduced in 1976 in their book Language Acquistion Made Practical (LAMP) . They follow the motto: learn little, but use the little a lot.

The method

LAMP combines language learning with everyday conversation and social interaction. The method is based on experience with courses held at the Toronto Institute of Linguistics from the 1950s to the 1990s. However, the ease of use and the emphasis on self-determined learning mean that it is still used today by people who e.g. B. live professionally abroad for some time. In addition, LAMP is also used by development workers, ethnologists and missionaries who want to learn a language for which there are no materials that may not even be written. The linguistic institute SIL International uses the method in addition to other language learning methods to study and document languages.

LAMP - Language Acquisition Made Practical, Brewster

Typical elements of LAMP are:

  • memorizing short texts (monologues and dialogues) that can be used directly in everyday situations,
  • developing a precise understanding and flexibility through practicing language patterns,
  • the permanent combination of speaking and acting in order to consolidate content,
  • the so-called bonding , whereby the language learner consciously chooses caregivers, from whom he can be shaped and with whom he wants to learn language,
  • listening and language comprehension as the basis of learning (vocabulary and grammar play a subordinate role).

literature

  • Thomas and Elizabeth Brewster: Language Acquisition Made Practical (LAMP). Field methods for language learners . Lingua House. Pasadena, California (USA) 1976 ISBN 0-916636-00-3
  • Ursula Wiesemann (Ed.): Understand and be understood. Practical guide to language learning . Johannis Publishing House. Lahr 1992. ISBN 3-88002-495-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Donald N. Larson and William A. Smalley: Becoming bilingual: A guide to language learning . University Press of America. Lanham, Maryland (USA) 1984
  2. ^ A brief survey of language learning methods , accessed June 29, 2010
  3. ↑ Ursula Wiesemann (ed.): Understand and be understood. Practical guide to language learning . Lahr 1992. p. 21