Issues to be discussed in this unit • What is grammar? • Types of grammar. • Grammar in the communicative approach. • Teaching grammar: Main principles (form, meaning and use, the importance of context, giving effective explanations). • Approaches to teaching grammar. • Choosing grammar activities. Dealing with Grammar in a Communicative Context 2 What is grammar? Grammar is the system of a language. People sometimes describe grammar as the "rules" of a language; but in fact ...
Communicative language teaching makes use of real- life situations/contexts that lead to communicating in meaningful ways about particular topics. What is the PURPOSE of communication in this lesson? What makes it MEANINGFUL? Communicative Goal of this brief lesson: Students will learn how to greet a classmate, introduce him/herself, ask the name of his/her classmate and where s/he is from. Which of the following is a communicative goal? A. The objective of this lesson is to teach students expressions for greetings ...
Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers Agree or Disagree: “Assuming you have flown before as a passenger, then you will already have some ideas before meeting your students” Teacher’s Book CompLang Aviation Training Center Training and Supporting Aviation English Language Trainers ICAO: Diploma/master’s degree in TEFL/TESL or TESOL Experience in ESP Familiarity with RTF and FLT/ATC OPS Doc 9835 and ICAO LPR Communicative teaching Safety-critical aspects of language Standard phraseology and plain language Work with ...
INTRODUCTION Previous language teaching methods are thought to be inadequate to teach learners using the target language to communicate in real situations outside the classroom. It is important the foreign language learners are enabled to use their linguistic competence ( knowledge about language ) and the communicative competence ( knowing what and how to say what to whom ) in communication in real life situations. PRINCIPLES 1. Teacher’s Objectives : To enable students to communicate in the target language ...
A language teacher’s dilemma Overview for today: 1. What is proficiency-based instruction? What does the research say? 2. If we know proficiency-based instruction is so great, why aren’t we all doing it all the time? What are the obstacles to a proficiency-based curriculum? 3. How can we tackle some of those obstacles? 1. What is proficiency-based instruction? What does the research say? Some sources of this research: Lee and VanPatten Making Communicative Language Teaching Happen. McGraw Hill, New ...
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