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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Demetrius Isaac English S09 Professor Lindquist October 14‚ 2013 Lessons in Life GAMETIME! This is what its all about right here. Down by 4 with two timeouts left and 2:15 seconds on the game clock. Being the starting quarterback‚ it’s all on me to carry this team to a win; by the way if we win we go on to play in the state championship game! My coach‚ Adam Hastings‚ pulls me to the side and looks me in my eyes and says‚ “It’s your time‚ I’ve coached you as far as I can‚ and this is your
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is a Lesson Plan? A lesson plan is organized and Time-bound. It is simply a teacher’s “plan” for teaching a lesson. Its purpose is to outline the “program” for a single lesson. The Importance of having a Lesson Plan 1. It allows you to manage your time‚ effort‚ and resources efficiently. 2. Lesson plans helps you get rid of problems or avoid them. 3. It definitely improves your teaching skills. Parts of a Lesson Plan 1. Heading/Header- Teacher‘s name‚ Course name‚ Lesson number
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Multicultural Approach Doris McMillan ECE 405: Children & Families in a Diverse Society August 29‚ 2010 Definitions of multicultural education vary. Some place emphasizes on the cultural characteristics of diverse groups‚ some emphasize social problems such as those associated with oppression‚ some place emphasize on political power‚ while others on the reallocation of economic resources. Some restrict their focus to people of color‚ while others include all major groups that are different
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Introduction One of the important factor that influence students learning ability is the teacher. Teachers are said to be the soldiers or heroes in the education system. They contribute to the success of the students learning. Teachers inspire students to learn when they also show a passion for learning. I think all of us will agree that teachers play a very significant role in students learning. Without them the students will never learn well‚ students will remain ignorant in anything in this world. Every
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APROCHE IN ENGLISH LANGUAJE 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
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Three Lesson Plans for Past Simple Teacher ’s Name: Naela Laham Date: 26.12.12 Lesson 1 Past Simple Subject English Major 10th grade Grade 45 minutes Time Students will be able to: 1.speak about their feelings when they hear about the tense past simple. 2. have a short introduction about the importance of the past simple through watching a story in the YouTube http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/Niki55-200014-feelings-fantastic-bird-education-love-photos-story-birds-ppt-powerpoint
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Teaching Skepticism The article “Teaching skepticism via the critic acronym and the skeptical inquirer” by Wayne R. Bartz‚ appears in the Skeptical Inquirer book. The article asserts that critic acronym provides neophyte skeptical students with an easy‚ step-by-step format for applied critical thinking. College students assume they already know a great deal about the world around them. Currently‚ they are being presented with a wide selection of information. As a result they may have to unlearn
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USING ECLECTIC APPOACH FOR FUTURE TEACHING Nowadays‚ English has become the Global language. It is the language of science‚ technology‚ economic‚ etc. As a result‚ learning English has become an essential need for everyone. While learners try their best to reach their goal of successful communicator in foreign language‚ teachers find ways to make language teaching effective. In this fashion‚ considering and choosing the right way in teaching is prior thing for all of teachers and I am not an exception
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75 ENLIGHTENED‚ ECLECTIC APPROACH IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING By: Christina I.T. Panggabean (Universitas PGRI Ronggolawe Tuban) Abstract English language teachers need to explore what works and what does not work in a certain ELT context‚ applying what Brown (2001) names an enlightened‚ eclectic approach or a principled approach. They are suggested to explore all language teaching approaches or methods since no single approach or method is best suited for all teaching contexts. This paper also
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