Communicative approach in language teaching

1. The main kinds of activities: 1. Communicative activities (real-life situation: asking about directions and how to get to certain places; the nearest bus stop, café or train station). 2. Information-Gap Activities (Divide students into pairs to practice role-playing. Each student has information that the other doesn’t know. One student asks for information on train departures, prices, the time, … etc.). 3. Task-Completion Activities (Puzzles, Games, Map-Reading, … etc.). 4. Information-Gathering Activities (Survey, Interviews, Searches, … etc.) 5. Opinion-Sharing Activities (Listing the most important qualities of a good teacher or the best friend) 6. Information-Transfer Activities (Reading information about a subject and representing it in a graph or a map.) 7. Reasoning-Gap Activities (deriving information from the classroom timetable).

2. Young learners: Hunt Vocabulary Scavenger, Bingo games, draw what you hear, Riddles, Finger puppet activities, Close Passages, Reading Treasure Hunts. Secondary and High school learners: Chinese Whispers, Jazz Chants, Jigsaw Listening, Jeopardy, Close Passages, Madlibs, Comic strip re-writes, ordering in café.

3. Formative assessments

3.1. 1. Questioning Strategies 2. Feedback 3. Admit/Exit Slips (tickets) 4. Embedded Video Quizzes

4. Summative assessments

4.1. 1. Test or Exams 2. Essays 3. Projects 4. Videos / Recorded Presentations 5. ePortfolios

5. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach to language teaching that emphasizes communication and interaction as the primary goals of language learning.

5.1. Next level topic

6. Key components of CLT

6.1. 1. Communication-based instruction. 2. Authentic materials. 3. Learner-centered approach. 4. Collaborative learning. 5. Error correction (feedback).

7. Advantages of CLT: 1. Increased Student Engagement 2. Improved Communication, Listening, Speaking, and Writing Skills 3. Improved Cultural Awareness 4. It's real! 5. Personal experience matters. 6. CLT is a student-centered learning method. 7. Get creative. 8. Makes writing tasks more engaging

7.1. Disadvantages of CLT: 1. Time-consuming. 2. Costly. 3. Limited scope. 4. Limited learner autonomy.

8. Teacher roles: 1. Informer 2. Counsellor 3. Monitor 4. Facilitator

9. Learners role: The learner is a negotiator between the self, the learning process, and the object of learning. He becomes a negotiator between his learning processes and interactions with his classmates and between the activities developed inside the classroom. In other words, the learner should contribute as much as he gains in the classroom, learning in an independent way. He also has to be cooperative in the process of learning.