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Communicative Language
Teaching Approach
Notional functional Syllabi
Communicative Approach
Content-Based insruction and
Task-Based Instruction
CLIL: Content and Language
Integrated Learning

What kind of activities do you use

in the classroom as a Second
Language teacher?

Communicative Language
Teaching Approach

According to the video, what are the

characteristics of CLT?

Communicative Language
Teaching Approach

Definition and Principles

Communicative language teaching can be
understood as a set of principles about:
The goals of language teaching
How learners learn a language
The kinds of classroom activities that
best facilitate learning
The roles of teachers and learners in the
classroom

The Goals Of Language

Teaching

How Learners Learn a

Language
Learning a language is a result from processes
such as:
Interaction between the learner and users of the
language.
Collaborative creation of meaning.
Creating meaningful and purposeful interaction.
Negotiation of meaning.
Learning through feedback.
Paying attention to the input.
Experimenting with different ways of saying
things.

Classroom Activities That

Best Facilitates Learning
Pair work activities.
Role plays.
Group work activities.
Project work.

The Roles of Teachers and

Learners in The
Classroom

History and contribution

From traditional approaches to
communicative language teaching:

current

Main activities types of

CLT

Fluency or Accuracy practice?

Focus on achieving communication
Reflect natural use of language
Control choice of language
Require the use of communication strategies
Seek to link language use to context
Practice language out of context
Focus on the formation of correct examples of language
Practice small samples of language
Produce language that may not be predictable
Do not require meaningful communication
Reflect classroom use of language
Require meaningful use of language

Syllabi

According to the notion of

communicative competence, how
should a syllabus look like?

A syllabus should identify the following aspects

of language in order to develop the CC.
Purposes
Setting
Role
Communicative events
Language functions
Notions
Discourse and rhetorical skills
Variety
Grammatical content
Lexical content

Notional functional
Syllabi
Several new syllabus types were proposed by
advocates of CLT.
This is organized according to the functions the learner
should be able to carry out in English, such as expressing
likes and dislikes, offering and accepting apologies,
introducing someone, and giving explanations

Is
grammar
no
longer
important in communicative
language teaching according to
its goal?