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Look at task 1. Which of the statements do you think characterizes communicative language teaching?
A set of principles about the goals of language teaching, how learners learn a language, the kinds of classroom activities that best facilitate learning, and the roles of teachers and learners.
Jack C. Richards
Grammatical Competence
Knowledge of a language
those competences that empower a person to act using specifically linguistic means.
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Know how to
use language according to the setting and participants. produce and understand different types fo texts. maintain conversation.
Look at task 2. Consider the following sentences that are all requests for someone to open a door. Imagine that the context is normal communication between two friends. Check if you think they conform to the rules of grammatical competence (GC), communicative competence (CC), or both.
Interaction between the learner and the user of the language Collaborative creation of meaning
Creating meaningful and purposeful interaction Negotiation of meaning
Learning through feedback Trying out and experimeting with different ways of saying things
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Examine a classroom text, NAIO. Can you find examples of exercises that practice grammatical competence and those that practice communicative competence? Which kinds of activities predominate?
Fluency
Natural use of language Achieving communication Meaningful use of language Use of communication strategies Produce language that might not be predictable Seek to link language use to context
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Discuss with a partner the question below. Then, share your ideas with the class.
Can
you give examples of fluency and accuracy activities that you use in your teaching?
Read the tasks in pairs and determine whether they are fluency or accuracy activities.
Types of Practice
Mechanical: - Controlled practice activity. - Student dont need to understand the language
Types of practice
Meaningful: - Language control is still provided - Students are requited meaningful choices to carry out practice: Communicative: - Use of language within a real communicative context - Language is not totally preditable
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Examine the activities in one unit of a course book, NAIO. Can you find examples of activities that provide mechanical, meaningful, and communicative practice? What type of activities predominate?
Cooperative approach to learning Students listen to their peers Take responsability for their own learning Facilitators Monitors
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What difficulties might students and teachers face because of changes in their roles in using a communicative methodology?