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COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING. De Leon, Abby Elijah T. BSED – 2 nd Year.

Objectives:. After the lesson the students will know the definition and essence of Communicative Language Teaching. The students will know how to initiate communicative Language Teaching. The students will know the difference between communication and Communicative..

What is communication?. Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place, person or group to another. Every communication involves (at least) one sender, a message and a recipient. This may sound simple, but communication is actually a very complex subject..

WHAT IS COMMUNICATIVE?. Someone who is communicative talks to people, for example about their feelings, and tells people things. She has become a lot more tolerant and communicative. Communicative means relating to the ability to communicate..

WHAT IS COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING?. is an approach to language teaching that emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of study. Learners in environments using communication to learn and practice the target language by interactions with one another and the instructor..

WHAT IS COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING?. Learners converse about personal experiences with partners, and instructors teach topics outside of the realm of traditional grammar to promote language skills in all types of situations. That method also claims to encourage learners to incorporate their personal experiences into their language learning environment and to focus on the learning experience, in addition to the learning of the target language..

WHAT IS COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING?. According to CLT, the goal of language education is the ability to communicate in the target language. This is in contrast to previous views in which grammatical competence was commonly given top priority. CLT also positions the teacher as a facilitator, rather than an instructor. Furthermore, the approach is a non-methodical system that does not use a textbook series to teach the target language but works on developing sound oral and verbal skills prior to reading and writing..

Example of communicative language teachings.. Role-play Role-play is an oral activity usually done in pairs, whose main goal is to develop students' communicative abilities in a certain setting. Interviews An interview is an oral activity done in pairs, whose main goal is to develop students' interpersonal skills in the TL. Opinion sharing Opinion sharing is a content-based activity, whose purpose is to engage students' conversational skills, while talking about something they care about..

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