Communicative Language Teaching
by Інна Тополь
1. Activities for differet age groups
1.1. Presentations, Practise and Production
1.2. Task-based Learning
1.3. Comic strip re-writers
2. Activities
2.1. Reading games
2.2. Listening games
2.3. Test-teach-test
2.4. Map drowing
3. Assessment
3.1. Formative assessment.
3.2. Making a student`s portfolio.
4. The role of the teacher
4.1. Teacher`s roles are informer, counsellor, monitor.
5. Advantages and disadvantages
5.1. Speak from the first lesson.
5.2. Learning language through interaction.
5.3. Learning through a game close to life situations.
5.4. Ease of learning through play.
5.5. Using authentic materials.
5.6. It may be difficult for student with low level of English
6. The components of the methodology
6.1. Language learning is learning to communicate using the target language.
6.2. The language used to communicate must be appropriate to the situation, the roles of the speakers, the setting and the register.
6.3. The learner needs to differentiate between a formal and an informal style.
6.4. Communicative activities are essential.
6.5. Learners must have constant interaction with and exposure to the target language.
6.6. Development of the four macroskills — speaking, listening, reading and writing — is integrated from the beginning, since communication integrates the different skills.
