Comunicative language teaching (comunicative approach)

Comunicative language teaching (comunicative approach)

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  COMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING(COMUNICATIVE APPROACH).
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  WHAT IS THECOMUNICATIVE APPROACH? It is an approach to the teaching of second and foreign languages, emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of learning a language. It emphasizes interaction and problem solving as both the means and the ultimate goal of learning English - or any language.
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  CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMUNICATIVELANGUAGE TEACHING 1. Language teaching is based on a view of language as communication. 2. It is essential that learners be engaged in doing things with language. 3.An emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in the target language. 4. The introduction of authentic texts into the learning situation.
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  CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES USEDIN COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING •Role-play . Pair-work •Interviews . Surveys • Information gap •Games •Language exchanges
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  MATERIALS USED INTHE COMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING -Text-based materials; like textbooks They will typically contain visual cues, pictures and sentence. -Task-based material consists of exercise handbooks, cue cards, activity cards, pair-communication practice materials and student-interaction practice booklets. -Realia: means using authentic material, for example newspaper articles,photos, maps, symbols, and many more.
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  ROLE OF THETEACHER AND OF THE STUDENT .
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  CONCLUSIONS . Themost obvious advantage in communicative language teaching is that of the increase of fluency in the target language. . This enables the learners to be more confident when interacting with other people and they also enjoy talking more.
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  DID YOU KNOW? Materials which can be touched and held makes speaking and learning more concrete and meaningful.