Communicative Language Teaching
focus is on what the learner needed to understand and express through the target language
The procedure
Drawbacks
Advantages
It target to develop communicative competence in learners so that they become effective communicators in the target language
allows the students to understand the contextual real, interaction based on everyday real situations
it helps develop the skills of
speaking and writing.
The teacher begins with a warm-up to arouse interest in the students
a game that does not take more than 5 minutes
Working in the smalls groups
Each group must have a group leader
This work is collaborative
Confidence to develop any problem in the classroom.
Students develop communication skills
3 stages.
Task
Post - task
Pre – task
The teacher gives a warm-up task to develop interest in students
Do they have to listen to something (tape - recording, etc)
The teacher will have to identify which tasks would suit at what level of learning.
Seeks to use authentic resources
Children acquire grammar rules as a necessity to speak
seeks to personalize and localize language and adapt it to the interests of students.
more pupil-oriented, because it is based on pupils’ needs and interests.
That is more interesting and motivating for children.
it is more proficient and efficient.
This results in no formal teaching taking place in the class.
Several roles are assigned for the teachers in CLT
Students are to learn English without the help of textbooks
The teacher should be a facilitator, group process manager
These responsibilities are really too much for the teachers.
