Communicative Language Teaching

Slide 1: COMMUNICATI VE LANGUAGE TEACHING m n RA JU

Slide 2: NECESSITIES FOR LEARNING LANGUAGE DESIRABLE ESSENTIAL  EXPOSURE  INSTRUCTION  MOTIVATION  USE m n R A JU 2

Slide 3: How much time does a typical student get to USE English in a whole year?  Number of Working Days?  Duration of the Class?  Student-talk-time in a class?  Number of Students? m n R A JU 3

Slide 4: HOW TO STUDENT USE TIME IN THE CLASS? m n R A JU 4

Slide 5: STUDENT CENTERED LEARNING VS. TEACHER CENTERED TEACHNG Student Talk Time vs. Teacher Talk Time m n R A JU 5

Slide 6: INSTRUCTION PATTERNS 1. Teacher Talk Least 2. Choral Response 3. Close-ended Teacher Questioning 4. Open-ended Teacher Questioning 5. Full Class Interaction 6. Student Initiated Questioning 7. Group Work 8. Pair Work (Collaboration) 9. Individual Work Most 10. Self Access m n R A JU 6

Slide 7: ‘Tell me, I forget; Show me, I remember; Involve me, I understand.’ m n R A JU 7

Slide 8: PAIR WORK What is it? How is it done? Have you ever used it? m n R A JU 8

Slide 9: PAIR WORK - ADVANTAGES  THINK – make notes form PAIRS  SHARE with Partner  SHARE with Class  m n R A JU 9

Slide 10: PAIR WORK - ADVANTAGES  Greater opportunity for USE  Learners gain confidence/overcome fear  Real time feedback/response  Peer learning  Cooperation – a life skill m n R A JU 10

Slide 11: PAIR WORK - REVIEW THINK  PAIR  SHARE   CLASS SHARE m n R A JU 11

Slide 12: GROUP WORK What is it? How is it done? Have you ever used it? m n R A JU 12

Slide 13: GROUP WORK - ADVANTAGES  More S T T  More listening time  More fun  Exchange of ideas  Seeing others’ point of view  Improved social skills  Improved problem solving skills m n R A JU 13

Slide 14: GROUP WORK - PROBLEMS  Students use mother tongue  Teacher loses control  Noisy classes  Too much confusion  Students don’t perform the task m n R A JU 14

Slide 15: SOLUTIONS  English advocate!  Specific roles to group members  Productive noise  Errors - inevitable in the learning process  Increase the learners’ confidence  Fluency promotion (not accuracy practice)  Cooperation is a useful life skill m n R A JU 15

Slide 16: GROUP WORK - REVIEW  Explain the activity  Arrange the groups  Set time limit  Give example/demonstration  Move & Monitor  Follow up  Discuss the activity m n R A JU 16

Slide 17: TEACHING SPEAKING nagaRAJU

Slide 18: PROBLEMS For Students: lack of language skills   lack of confidence  insufficient exposure  fear of failure  lack of motivation  not an examination task m n R A JU 18

Slide 19: PROBLEMS For Teachers:  large classes  limited time  low entry level skills  uninterested students  lack of infrastructure m n R A JU 19

Slide 20: POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS  speak as much English as possible  teach necessary language for the activity  demonstrate an example  repeat instructions in a different way  ask a learner to repeat instructions  encourage learners to support each other  aim at fluency  don’t immediately correct mistakes  suggest corrections at the end of the class give encouragement to motivate learners m n R A JU 20

Slide 21: SPEAKING ACTIVITIES INFORMATION GAP ACTIVITIES   OPINION GAP ACTIVITIES  PREFERENCE LINE ACTIVITIES  FLUENCY ACTIVITIES m n R A JU 21

Slide 22: TEACHING LISTENING nagaRAJU

Slide 23: WHY LISTEN? for gathering main ideas  for drawing inferences  for practicing pronunciation  for taking notes  for answering questions  m n R A JU 23

Slide 24: LISTENING TASKS  Get general information  Get specific information  Accomplish a task  Complete a diagram  Fill a table m n R A JU 24

Slide 25: Always give the task BEFORE the listening m n R A JU 25

Slide 26: lionnagaraju@hotmail.com m n R A JU 26