• Communication • Lack of communication

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Outline

• Introduction • Communicative Language Teaching

(CLT)• Benefits of Using CLT• In-class activity to improve language

skills

What is Communicative Language Teaching…? ( CLT)

• The most recognized approach of language teaching.

• It belongs to the post - method era of language.

• Direct of the Grammar Translation Method

Definition of CLT

“ An approach to foreign or second language which emphasis that the goal of language learning is communicative competence”.

Longman dictionary of language teaching and Applied linguistics

Benefits of using CLT

• Focusing on communicative competence

It increases all the components of communicative competence

• Grammatical• Functional• Discourse• Sociolinguistic• Strategic

Increase motivation

• CLT provides the students with authentic and meaningful interaction

This increases their motivation and attitude to learn the target language…

Fluency and Accuracy

• CLT gives equal importance to both the spoken language and the accuracy of the production.

In CLT “Fluency” sometimes is more important

Real- life contexts

• Students have to produce and receive language in different real-life contexts.

• CLT provides them with skills they really need in their real life

Students’ Sense of Autonomy

• In this student-centered class the focus is on the interests of the students.

• Students will have the opportunity to learn about their learning styles.

Resource book

In-Class Activity

• Tell your students that you are going to tell them a very simple story about your country

Brainstorming ( warm-up )

Ask them to write the first word that comes to their minds

• Ask each student to read aloud his/her words

• Each student has to share his/her words with another student

• Read the story twice to your students.

• Use paper cards in which you already wrote the simple sentences of the story

• Divide the cards into two equal numbers.

• Divide your students into two groups.

• Ask each group to choose an Arabic name or logo for their group.

• Divide the blackboard into two parts.• Ask one of each group to write the name

of his/her group.

• Each group have to read the whole cards they have well. They have to help each other.

• Ask one of the groups to start the activity by selecting one from the other group to dictate him/her on the board.

• The one who dictates has to repeat the words as many times as the other student needs to write the words correctly.

• Students of the same group can help the one who is dictated if needed..

• The teacher draws stars on the board after the dictation for each correct word.

• Then the other group turn comes as they have to choose one from the other group.

• They keep going till the story…

• The teacher collects the points for each group to see which group is the winner…

This activity integrates : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

Engaging students in an activity will increase their motivation…and therefore their learning…

Thanks!…

Reham Othman Egypt