Home Assignments
The teachers in the both clips gave clues but did not
model the language. The teachers encouraged the students themselves to teach the
sounds and language structures. Practically no native language was used again (only
one explanation). The teacher reacted when something was incorrect and asked the
students to correct it and repeat the sentence. The evaluation focuses on progress, not
achievement.
· The communicative approach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEsaTANIKAg
The Communicative Approach Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bW15RpON9M
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Communicative Language Teaching Activity Part 1
Functions over the forms
4 skills
Both accuracy and fluency are evaluated
Errors of form are tolerated
The goals are fluency in communication, the integration of different language skills,
authentic and meaningful communication. The teacher has two main roles: