Communicative Language Teaching Today Jack C. Richards cambridge university press Cambridge‚ New York‚ Melbourne‚ Madrid‚ Cape Town‚ Singapore‚ São Paulo Cambridge University Press 32 Avenue of the Americas‚ New York‚ NY 10013-2473‚ USA www.cambridge.org © Cambridge University Press 2006 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements‚ no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge
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COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING: A PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGE FOR THE ENGLISH TEACHER EDGAR ALIRIO INSUASTY Communicative Language Teaching or Communicative Approach (CA) can be defined as one of the most widespread and prevailing pedagogical options to conduct a language lesson. It has brought a lot of important contributions to the professional field of language teaching. To start with‚ let’s mention its emphasis‚ unlike Audiolingual Method‚ on developing learners’ Communicative Competence rather
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Method (ALM)‚ Situational Language Teaching (SLT) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Among all‚ Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)‚ is one of the new approaches. The aim of this approach is to develop the learners four basic language skills – reading‚ writing‚ listening and speaking in English. Perhaps the majority of language teachers today‚ when asked to identify the methodology they use in their classrooms‚ mention “communicative” as the methodology of choice. However‚ when asked to
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We all know that English is considered as the universal language. But most of the countries use it as their second language. First‚ it is a way of communication in business‚ negotiations & especially in academics. It plays an important role in the basic education‚ particularly to speaking and writing. Indeed English proficiency pertains to the ability to speak‚ read and write in English. To be considered as truly proficient‚ you should have an advanced skill in this. English
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teaching and language testing. There has been a shift from analytical to integrative approach in both language teaching and language testing falling into three stages: ❖ Grammar –translation ❖ Structural ❖ Communicative Approach These three generations of language teaching are seen parallel to three generations of language testing. Through this shift‚ new ideas about language testing and new ways of evaluating the performance of language learners have
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goals 3. Significance of the research II. Literature review 1. What is the definition of speaking? 2. The definition of Communicative Language Teaching? 3. The definition of Grammar-Translation 4. The situation of English speaking teaching at Vietnamese high schools 5. The characteristics of CLT approach 5.1. History and background of CLT approach 5.2. The comparison between CLT approach and Grammar-Translation method 5.3. The teachers and students’ roles in CLT classroom 5.4. The advantages
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Communicative Language Teaching The aim of this unit • To make you think about communicative approach to teaching languages • To analyse the concept of communicative competence • To reflect upon the communicative teaching techniques What do you have to do in this unit? • Warming up discussions • Input reading • Self-assessment questions (SAQS) • Exploratory tasks • Integrated task Warming up discussion 0 Warm up the concept of a “communicative situation” (situation‚ in which
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Leadership Style Personal Take Pros Cons Application Situational Leadership I believe the situational Leadership Curve is the best representation of this model and the easiest to actually apply. It shows the leader‚ exactly how to approach a situation based on the needs/level of the person who will be receiving the assistance. The leader assesses the circumstance‚ locates the quadrant that the individual needs and then know an entry point to begin providing support to them. Allows for flexibility
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Associate Program Material Appendix A Communication Styles Worksheet You spent the past few days exploring the resources available to students at University of Phoenix‚ and you want to share what you learned with a friend who is interested in enrolling. Write a 150- to 200-word e-mail to your friend summarizing the resources available to students. Hello Carmen‚ I hope all is well‚ I enrolled in the University of Phoenix‚ and I finally completed the orientation Workshop and
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communication. Communicative activities were introduced as the one which brings the language to life by providing a REAL BASIS for speaking‚ and the interactive EXCHANGE of ideas‚ opinions‚ and feelings with another person. It can be seen as an effective method in teaching and learning English. English language learners get beneficial effect from them. With communicative activities‚ learners are really involved in the process and provided chances to experience real communicative situations‚ so they
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