the communicative approach to language teaching

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1、TheCommunicativeApproachtoLanguageTeachingWhatisanapproach?Yourapproachasalanguageteacherisasetofprinciplesaboutlearningandteachingonwhichyoudependtoformthewayyouoperateasateacher.Itisnotapermanentstate,indeed,thegoodteacherknowsthatthereisnoperfectsetofprinciple

2、sandthatone’sapproachcanchangedrasticallyoverthecourseofacareer.Doyoualreadyhaveyourownapproach?Tofindout,considertheseoptions,usingyourownassumptionsaboutteaching:1.Languageclassesshouldfocuson:a)meaningb)grammar2.Studentslearnbestbyusingplentyof:a)analysisb)int

3、uition3.Itisbetterforastudentto:a)thinkdirectlyintheL2b)usetranslationfromtheL14.Languagelearnersneed:a)immediaterewardsb)long-termawards5.Withnewlanguagelearners,teachersneedtobe:a)toughanddemandingb)gentleandempathetic6.Ateacher’sfeedbacktothestudentshouldbegiv

4、en:a)frequentlyb)infrequently(todevelopstudentautonomy)7.Acommunicativeclassshouldgivespecialattentionto:a)accuracyb)fluencyYourchoicesaboveconstituteanapproach.Canyousaythatyouhavealwaysfeltthiswayabouttheseoptions?ThecommunicativeapproachLanguageteachingishundr

5、edsofyearsold,andthecommunicativeapproachisaveryrecentphenomenon.Infact,thecommunicativeapproachdidnotemergeasthemostwidelyacceptedformoflanguageinstructionuntilthelate1980sandearly1990s.So,whatistheCommunicativeApproach?Hereareasetofdefiningcharacteristics:1.Cla

6、ssroomgoalscombinetheorganizationalaspectsoflanguagewiththepragmatic.2.Classroomtechniquesaredesignedtoengagelearnersinthepragmatic,authentic,functionaluseoflanguageformeaningfulpurposes.Teachinggrammarenablesonlythelearnertoaccomplishthosepurposes.1.Fluencyandac

7、curacyworktogetherandareseenasequalinvalue.2.Studentsareexpectedtohavetousethelanguagefullyinunrehearsedsituationsoutsidetheclassroom.3.Studentsareencouragedtoexploreandexploittheirownlearningstyles.4.Theteacherisaguide,notasage.Question:Doyouthinksomeoftheseprin

8、ciplesmakeitmoredifficultfortheteacherwhoisnotanativespeaker?Whyorwhynot?ActivityHowisthisapproachdifferentfromthemore“traditional”approachesusedinTurkmenistan