1. Centro CulturalColombo Americano-Cali
Life Time Program
CommunicativeGrammar
Presenter Brayan Portilla
Communicative Grammar
COMMUNICATIVE GRAMMAR ELEMENTS
Pre While Post
-Generatingexpectationsor
interestaboutthe topic.
-Settingacontextthatis close to
students’reality.
-Use of realia.
- Focuson expressionsandnot
onlyvocabulary.
-Appeal tostudents’likesand
dislikes.
- Activationof previous
knowledge.
- Exploringthe language they
know(alsoacceptingmistakes.)
- Awarenessof the grammar
concept.
- Acceptance of errors.
- Guidedpractice and
repetition.
- generatingacommunication
needinthe exercise provided.
- Presentationof grammarby
the teacher.
- Awareness(inference,
analysis) aboutthe grammar
beingstudied.
- Correctionof initial errors.
-Formal presentationof the
grammar topicbut focuson the
function.
- Personalizingcontext.
- Integrationof otherskills.
- Recyclingthe grammarbeingtaught.
- Returnto the initial contextestablished.
- Freerproduction.
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*** duringthe carrying outof thisclass,all the
activitieswere connectedandhada purpose.
Assessment and feedback as transversal elements.
Some ideasregardingCommunicativeGrammar
- We shouldtryto teachgrammar withan objective thatisconnectedtothe functionsof the language.
- In context
- Language structuresshouldbe presentedinthe integration of the 4skill.
- Developmentof agrammatical competence (use andunderstandastructure ina varietyof situations
spontaneously.)
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Ideas you have about thistopic? Questions?
bportilla@colomboamericano.edu.co