Communicative Language Teaching
Communicative Language Teaching
Communicative Language Teaching
CLT
The kinds of classroom activities that facilitate learning
learn a language
To be able to master the rules of sentence formation in a language and able to use the
Interaction
Collaboration creating of meaning Attending to the feedback learners get when using the language
Negotiation of meaning
Old methods
Memorise Controlled by teacher
New methods
Pair work Group discussion Role play Simulation Project Quiz Problem solving
Leaners
Participate in activities Give attention and cooperation Comfortable with teacher and peers
Teachers
As a monitor and facilitator Develop different view of learners error
Priority to grammatical competence as the basic of language learning Learning of grammar through direct instruction and repetitive practice and drilling The approach of teaching is deductive Great attention to accurate pronunciation mastery of grammar
Typical lesson according to three phase sequence (P-P-P) Presentation-grammar structure presented Practice-students practice using the grammar structure Production-students practice using the new structure using different context using their own information
Knowledge and skills needed to use grammar and other aspects of language appropriate for different communicative purpose
Purpose of the language Setting Role of the speaker Communicative events participated Language functions Notions of concepts involved Discourse and rhetoric skills Grammatical content Vocabulary Variety of language
Diversity
Alternative assessment
Teachers as co-learners
Linking grammatical development to the ability to communicate Use both deductive and inductive learning approaches Contents connect to students live and interests Classroom materials make use of authentic text Create the need for communication
Accuracy vs fluency Mechanical, meaningful and communicative practice Information-gap activities Jig saw activities
Mechanical
Controlled practice activities Students do not necessary need to understand the meaning Eg. Repetition drills and substitution drills
Meaningful
Language is control but students are require to understand the language Eg. Giving maps to learn preposition
Communicative practice
Practice using language within a real communicative context Eg. Draw maps of their neighborhood and answer questions
In real communication people will normally communicate in order to get information they do not possess Can be done in pair works or group works Eg. Looking for differences in pictures
To gather information to complete a task Students must use language resources to communicate meaningfully
Puzzle Language games Map reading Survey Interviews Compare ideas, opinions and information Role play Information transfer
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