Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and the Post -Method Era POSTED BY TEACHING ENGLISH 4 ALL ⋅ APRIL 22‚ 2011 ⋅ 4 COMMENTS FILED UNDER ADVANTAGES‚ CLT‚ COMMUNICATIVE‚ DISADVANTAGE‚ LANGUAGE‚ TEACHING‚ TEACHING ENGLISH Background The origins of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) are to be found in the changes in the British language teaching tradition dating late 1960s. Until then‚ situation of Language Teaching represented the major British approach to teaching English as foreign language
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TEACHING : THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROCHE I. Problems in the present English teaching and causes of these problems II. Introduce the communicative approach 1. The definition of communicative approach 2. Two principles of communicative approach • Create a realistic situation • The class should be students-centered III. Adopt communicative approach to improve students ability to listen and speak‚ and achieve the goal of English teaching 1. Three stages in communicative teaching 2
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too is meaning thought to be derived from the written word through an interaction between the reader and the writer. The structure of language reflects its functional and communicative uses. The primary units of language are not merely its grammatical and structural features‚ but categories of functional and communicative meaning as exemplified in discourse.Principles or features are: 1. An emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in the target language. 2. The introduction of
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The Communicative Approach was founded by Robert Langs.. Psychoanalysis has turned reality on its head: We are taught to think of ourselves as distorters and misperceivers‚ unreliable slaves to our inner fantasies - especially when we are patients in therapy. But the communicative approach has shown that it is more accurate and compelling to see ourselves as highly reliable perceivers‚ with the understanding that our most valid perceptions are experienced unconsciously and encoded in the stories
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COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH The communicative approach was developed by Robert Langs‚ a revolutionary psychoanalyst who is the author of 47 hands-on books on emotional life‚ the human condition‚ dreams‚ and the evolved design and operations of the emotion-processing mind. His books are written for both the general public and mental health professionals. They are distinguished by his highly original approach to the human mind and by the recognition of its extremely influential unconscious activities
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A critical look at the Communicative Approach (1) Michael Swan This (the first of two articles) examines some of the more theoretical ideas underlying the ‘Communicative Approach‘. These include the belief that we should teach ‘use’ as well as ‘meaning; and some attitudes regarding the teaching of ‘skills’ and ‘strategies’. A second article will deal with more pedagogical aspects of the approach‚ especially the idea of a ‘semantic syllabus’ and the question of ‘authenticity’ in materials and methodology
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Advantages of the Database Approach * == Data Independence == * The data is held in such a way that changes to the structure of the database do not effect any of the programs used to access the data. * == Consistency of Data == * Each item of data is held only once therefore no danger of item being updated on one system and not on another. * == Control Over Redundancy == * In a non-database system‚ the same information may be held on several files. This wastes space
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the purposive approach. (10 marks) There are many advantages to the purposive approach. Firstly‚ it gives effect to Parliaments intentions and avoids injustice‚ so the judges can avoid obvious absurdities and injustives so enables them to comply with Parliamentary sovreignity by doing what Parliament would have wanted; even though it’s ignoring the clear meaning of the words Parliament used. For example‚ in Coltman V Bibby Tankers when they had to interpret
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The Advantages and Disadvantages of Communicative Language Teaching The Advantages and Disadvantages of Communicative Language Teaching By HAH Introduction The focus of this essay is to highlight the advantages and disadvantages of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). In doing so‚ it is important to first clarify the meaning of CLT and it’s place in the ongoing history of language teaching methodology. CLT is generally accepted as the most recognized‚ contemporary approach to language
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Communicative Approach in English Teaching Outline I. Problems in the present English teaching and causes of these problems II. Introduce the communicative approach 1. The definition of communicative approach 2. Two principles of communicative approach (1) Create a realistic situation (2) The class should be students-centered III. Adopt communicative approach to improve students’ ability to listen and speak‚ and achieve the goal of English teaching 1. Three
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