This PPT mentions some basic information about The Communicative Approach or Communicative Language Teaching, it mostly focus on the Pedagogical Perspective.
2. TEACHER´S ROLE
THE TEACHER HAS TWO MAIN ROLES:
TO FACILITATE THE COMMUNICATION PROCESS IN
THE CLASSROOM
TO ACT AS AN INDEPENDENT PARTICIPANT WITHIN
THE LEARNING-TEACHING GROUP
3. THE TEACHER IS ALSO EXPECTED…
TO ACT AS A RESOURCE
TO BE AN ORGANIZER OF RESOURCES
TO BE A MOTIVATOR
TO BE A COUNSELOR
TO BE A GUIDE
TO BE AN ANALYST AND A RESEARCHER
4. LEARNER´S ROLE
THE CLASSROOM SHOULD BE LEARNER CENTRED
THE LEARNER IS A NEGOCIATOR
THE LEARNER IS AN INTERACTOR WHO GIVES AS
WELL AS TAKES
THE LEARNER CANNOT BE ONLY A LISTENER BUT A
SPEAKER, THROUGH HIM OR HER THE CLASS IS
DEVELOPED
5. ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITIES ARE OFTEN USED TO PRACTISE REAL-LIFE
SITUATIONS INVOLVING SOCIAL INTERACTION AND
THEREFORE A HIGH LEVEL OF SOCIAL AND
FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE SHOULD BE EXPECTED. ALSO,
ACTIVITIES SHOULD INVOLVED REAL COMMUNICATION
CARRYING OUT MEANINGFUL TASKS, AND USING
LANGUAGE WHICH IS MEANINGFUL TO THE LEARNERS
6. OBJECTIVES AND SYLLABUS
OBJECTIVES WILL REFLECT THE NEEDS OF THE
LEARNER; THEY WILL INCLUDE FUNCTIONAL SKILLS AS
WELL AS LINGUISTICS OBJECTIVES. THE SYLLABUS
WILL INCLUDE SOME OF THE FOLLOWING:
STRUCTURES, FUNCTIONS, NOTIONS, THEME, TASKS
(ORDERING WILL BE GUIDED BY LEARNER NEEDS)
7. MATERIALS
TEXT-BASED MATERIALS: PRACTICE EXERCISES,
READING PASSAGES, GAP FILLS, RECORDINGS, ETC.
TASK-BASED MATERIALS: GAME BOARDS, ROLE-
PLAY, MATERIALS FOR DRILLING, PAIRWORK TASKS,
CARDS, ETC.
REALIA: MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, MAPS (THINGS
FOR THE REAL WORLD OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM)
8. Taken from the table 4.1 in approaches and methods – an Overview (adapted from
Nunan, 1989). This PPT presentation was made by Cesar Torres
