Communicative Language Teaching 1

A Course in English Language TeachingUnit 1 Language and LearningViews on language语言观Structural view结构主义 as a linguistic systemfunctional view功能主义 as a linguistic system but also a means for doing things,base on communicative functionsInteractional view交互性 as a communicative toolViews on language learning and learning in general1)Process-oriented theories过程指向论concerned with how the mind processes new information, such as habit formation, induction, making inference, hypothesis testing and generalization.2)Condition-oriented theories 强调条件理论emphasize the nature of the human and physical context in which language learning takes place, such as the number of students, what kind of input learners receive, and the learning atmosphere.Behaviourist theory 行为主义理论 =audio-lingual method听说教学法A stimulus-response theory of psychologyYou can train an animal to do anything(within reason) if youfollow a certain procedure which has three major stages, stimulus, response, and reinforcement.Cognitive theory 认知主义理论 communicate approach 交际法Constructivist theory 结构主义理论Learning is a process in which the learner constructs meaning based on his/her own experience and what he/she already knows. Socio-constructivist theory 社会结构主义理论Emphasises interacion and engagement with the target language in a social contextA good language teacherEthic devotion,professional qualities and personal styles品德节操，职业素质和个性特征Learning, practice, and reflectionUnit 2 Communicative Principles and ActivitiesCLT=Communicative Language Teaching 交际语言教学法TBLT=Task-based Language Teaching 任务型教学法PPP=the Presentation, Practice and Production呈现，操练，展出Communicative competenceEntails knowing not only the language code or the form of language, but also what to say to whom and how to say it appropriately in any given situationFive main components of communicative competenceLinguistic competence 语言能力Pragmatic competence 语用能力Discourse competence语篇能力Strategic competence策略能力Fluency 语言顺畅CLTGoal :to develop students' communicative competence, which includes both the knowledge about the language and the knowledge about how to use the language appropriately in communicative situations.Principles :Communicative principleTask principleMeaningfulness principleMain features:(1)Functional communicative activities: 功能互动活动Identifying picturesDiscovering identical pairsDiscovering sequences or locationsDiscovering missing informationDiscovering missing featuresDiscovering "secrets"Communicating patterns and picturesCommunicative modelsDiscovering differencesFollowing directionsReconstructing story-sequencesPooling information to solve a problem(2)Social interaction activities: 社会交往活动Role-playing through cued dialoguesRole-playing through cues and informationRole-playing through situation and goalsRole-playing through debate or discussionLarge-scale simulation activities 模仿Improvisation 即兴创作Notes:No specific activities almost about listening and speaking Six criteria for evaluating how communicative classroom activities are:Communicative purpose: information gapCommunicative desire: real needContent, not form: messageVariety of languageNo teacher intervention 干涉No materials controlTBLTDefinition:Refers to an approach based on the use of task as the core unit of instruction in languageTBLT:pre-task, task cycle, language focusDefinition of a task:A task is a piece of work undertaken for oneself or for others, freely or for some reward.Four components of a task:A purpose: focus on content,not formA context: information gapA process:problem solving reasoning , inquiring, conceptualising and communicatingA product: no communicational resultsExercises, exercise-tasks and tasks:Focus on individual language items→purposeful&contextualised communicationExercise → exerci se-task → taskHow to design tasks:Think about students’ needs, interests, and abilities Brainstorm possible tasksEvaluate the listChoose the language itemsPreparing materialsPPP modelAt the presentation stage:The teacher introduces new vocabulary and grammatical structures in whatever ways appropriateAt the the practice stage:The lesson moves from controlled practice to guided practice and exploitation of the texts when necessaryAt the production stage:The students are encouraged to use what they have learned and practised to perform communication tasks.Notes:Grammar-Translation Method: 语法翻译法reading and writingThe Audio-Lingual Method: 听说教学法speaking and listening; dialogues and drills 对话和操练Unit 3 the National English Curriculum 课程标准It was in the 1993 syllables that the word communication wasused in the objectives of teaching for the first time.The Six Design principles for the National English Curriculum for Nine-year Compulsory Education:for educating all students, and emphasise quality-oriented education面向全体学生，注重素质教育learner-centredness, and respect individual differences突出学生主体，尊重个体差异competence-based objectives, and allow flexibility and adaptability整体设计目标，体现灵活开放close attention to the learning pro-cess, and advocate experiential learning and participation强调学习过程，倡导体验参与particular importance to formative assessment, and give special attention to the development of competence注重过程评价，强调能力发展learning resources, and maximise opportunities for learning and using the language开发课程资源，拓展学用渠道Framework of objectives in the new National English Curriculum：课程总目标Overall language ability:Learning学习策略Affect情感态度Cultural文化意识Language语言知识Language skills语言技能Learning : Cognitive; Self management; Communication; ResourcingAffect: International; Perspective; Patriotism; Confidence; MotivationCultural: Knowledge; understanding; AwarenessLanguage: Phonetics; Grammar; Vocabulary; Functions; Topics Language skills: Listening; Speaking; Reading; WritingThe design of the new National English CurriculumLevel 1: Grade 3-4Level 2: Grade 5-6; basic requirements for 6th graders Graduate from primary schoolLevel 3: Grade 7/ Junior 1Level 4: Grade 8/ Junior 2Level 5: Grade 9/ Junior 3Graduate from junior high schoolAbove is during Compulsory EducationLevel 6&Level 7: required of every senior high school students 2 tracks of elective course:Track 1: level 8& level 9Track 2: from the beginning of senior 1Elective courses: Specialized skill courses; ESP courses应用类; Cultural and literary studies courses 欣赏类etc.Unit 4 Lesson PlanningA lesson plan:教案A framework of a lesson in which teachers make advance decision about what they hope to achieve and how they would like to achieve.Benefits from lesson planning：1) A clear lesson plan makes the teacher aware of the aims and language contents of the lesson.2) It also helps the teacher to distinguish the various stages of a lesson and to see the relationship between them so that the lesson can move smoothly from one stage to another.3) The teacher can also think about how the students can be fully engaged in the lesson.4) when planning the lesson, the teacher also becomes aware of the teaching aids that are needed.5). Lesson planning helps teachers to think about the relative value of different activities and how much time should be spent on them.6) The teacher soon learn to judge lesson stages and phases with greater accuracy.7) Plans are also an aid to continuing improvement.8) After the lesson, the teacher can add an evaluation to the plan, identifying those parts which went well and those which were less successful.Principles for good lesson planning:Aim; Variety; Flexibility; Learnability; Linkage目标性；多样性；灵活性；可学性；连接性Two levels of lesson planning: macro planning and micro planning宏观备课和微观备课Macro planning: planning over a longer period of timeMicro planning: planning for a specific unit or a lesson There is no clear cut between these two types of planning. Micro planing should be based on macro planning, and macro planing is apt to bemodified as lesson go on.Macro planning involves the following:Knowing about the professionKnowing about the institutionKnowing about the learnersKnowing about the curriculum/ syllabus教学大纲Knowing about the textbookKnowing about the objectivesComponents of a lesson plan:information背景资料aims: 教学目标Language objectives; Ability objectives; Moral objectives contents and skills语言的内容和技巧Stages and procedures:Greetings; A warm-up; PPP model/ TBLT model; Summary; Homework/ Assignmentaids 教学手段of lesson summary 总结activities and assignmentslesson reflection:Feelings about the lesson; students’ performances; unexpected incidents; surprise thingsUnit 5 Classroom ManagementThe role of the teacher:Before the class: PlannerDuring the class:1 Controller,2 Assessor评估者,3 Organizer ,4 Prompter敦促者 ,5 Participant参与者,6 Resource-providerAfter the class: EvaluatorTeacher’ s new roles:Facilitators促进者; guides; researchersThe most common students groupings:Whole class workPair workGroup workIndividual studyHarmer’ s suggestions on measures for indisciplined acts and badly behaving Students:1)Act immediately2) Stop the class3)Rearrange the seats4)Change the activity5)Talk to Ss after class6)Use the institution制度In or der not to hurt the Students, Ur’ s advice on problems in class:1)Deal with it quietly2)Don’ t take things personally 对事不对人3)Do not use threatsUnit 6 Teaching PronunciationThe goals of teaching pronunciation:目的Consistency连贯性: To be smooth naturalIntelligibility可理解性:To be understandable to the listeners Communicative efficiency交际效率性: To help convey the speakers’ meaningWays of practicing sounds and their definitions:on a sound 单音练习:(sounds difficult to learn)practice 知觉/领会性练习:( identify /distinguish different sounds):Which order; Same or different; Odd one out; Completion3.Production practice 生成性练习: (develop Students’ ability to produce sounds):Listen and repeat; Fill in the blanks; Make up sentences; Use meaningful context; Use pictures; Use tongue twistersThree ways to show the stress of words, phrases and sentences: Use gesturesUse the voiceUse the blackboardTwo ways to make intonation:rising/falling arrows; draw linesUnit 7 Teaching GrammarThree ways of grammar presentation: 演示法Deductive method 演绎法It relies on reasoning, analysing and comparingInductive method 归纳法The teacher provides learners with authentic language data and induces the learners to realise grammar rules without any form of explicit explanation.Guided discovery method 引导发现法It is similar to the inductive method but different in that the process of the discovery is carefully guided and assisted by the teacher and the rules are then elicited and taught explicitly.Ur’ s six factors contribute to successful grammar pr actice:1) Pre-learning.2) Volume and repetition(容量/重复).3) Success-orientation成功性联系.4) Heterogeneity多样性.5) Teacher assistance.6) Interest.Two categories 类别of grammar practice:Mechanical practice 机械性练习It involves activities that are aimed at form accuracy.In Substitution drills 替换练习In Transformation drills 转移变形练习Meaningful/ communicative practice 有意义/ 交际性练习It focuses on the production, comprehension or exchange of meaning though the students ‘keep an eye on’ the way newly learned structures are used in the process.Using prompts for meaningful practice 提示1)Using picture prompts.2) Using mime 哑剧or gestures as prompts.3) Using information sheet 信息表as prompts.4) Using key phrases or key words关键短语/ 单词 as prompts.5) Using chained phrases for story telling.6) Using created situations.Unit 8 Teaching VocabularyKnowing a word involves what:Pronunciation and stressSpelling and grammatical propertiesMeaningHow and when to use it to express the intended meaning Denotative meaning 指示意义Connotative meaning 内涵意义Collocations 搭配Synonyms, antonyms, hyponyms 近义词，反义词，下位词Receptive and productive vocabulary接受性和产出性词汇Ways of presenting vocabulary: 呈现词汇的方法to provide a visual or physical demonstration whenever possible, using pictures, photos, video clips, mime or gestures to show meaning.a verbal context to demonstrate meaning. Then ask students to tell the meaning first before it is offered by the teacher. synonyms or antonyms to explain meaningslexical sets or hyponyms to show relations of words and their meaningsand exemplify, especially with technical words or words with abstract meaningword formation rules and common affixes to build new lexical knowledge what is already knownvocabulary in chunks.about the context in real life where the word might be used. about providing different context for introducing new words for possible misunderstanding or confusion that students may haveWays of consolidating vocabulary 巩固词汇的方法1) Labeling标注词汇2) Spot the differences3) Describe and draw4) Play a game5)using the Internet resources for more ideas6) Use word series 单词系列7) Word bingo9) word association 自此联想10) find synonyms and antonyms11) categories12) Using word net-work 网状图Developing vocabulary learning strategies:1) Review regularly2) Guess meaning from context3) Organize vocabulary effectively4) Use learned vocabularyUnit 9 Teaching ListeningThe characteristics of listening in real life (adapted from Ur, 1996:106-7):1) Spontaneity 自发性2) Context 环境3) Visual clues 视觉线索4) Listener’ s response 回应5) Speaker’ s adjustment调节Principles and models for teaching listening:1)Focus on process2) Combine listening and speaking3) Focus on comprehending meaning4) Grade difficulty level appropriatelyThree teaching stagesactivities: 听前活动1) Predicting 预测2) Setting the scene设置现场3) Listening for the gist 听力要点4) Listening for specific information 细节理解 activities1) No specific responses2) Listen and tick 标记3) Listen and sequence 顺序4) Listen and act5) Listen and draw6) Listen and fill填写7) Listen and take notesactivities听后活动1) Multiple-choice questions 多项选择2) Answering questions3) Note-taking and gap-filling填空Dictogloss(1)Preparation(2) Dictation 听写(3) Reconstruction.(4) Analysis and correction.Unit 10 Teaching SpeakingPrinciples for teaching speakingaccuracy-based with fluency-based practicespracticepracticeup confidencemeaningful interactionsstudents develop speaking strategiesthe best use of classroom learning environment to provide sufficient language input and practice for the students Designing speaking tasks:1) Maximum foreign talk 尽可能用外语交谈2) Even participation 平等参与3) High motivation 高积极性4)Right language level 语言水平相对应Types of speaking tasks:1.pre-communicative activities交际前活动Structural activitiesQuasi-communication activitiesmunicative activitiesFunctional communication activitiesSocial interaction activities 人际互动Some Speaking activitiesControlled activitiesSemi-controlled activitiesCommunicative activitiesInformation-gap activitiesDialogues and role-play对话和角色扮演Activities using picturesProblem-solving activitiesUnit 10 Teaching ReadingTwo types of reading practice in classrooms: Reading aloud&Silent readingThe ways of Reading effectively:a clear purpose in readingsilentlyphrase by phraseon the important bits, skim the rest, and skip theinsignificant partsdifferent speeds and strategies for different reading tasks the information in the target language rather than mentally translatethe meaning of new words from the context, or ignore themand use background information to help understand the text Principles and models for teaching reading:Bottom-up model:teaching new vocabulary and structures first Top-down model: introducing background knowledge first Interactive model:visual informationThree stages:Pre-reading:Predicting, setting the scene, skimming浏览, and scanning寻读Predicting based on the title, vocabulary,the T/ F question While-readingReading comprehension questions 阅读理解Understanding references 理解引用Making inferences: reading between the linesPost-readingDiscussion questionReproducing the text 复述故事Role playGap-fillingDiscussionRetelling 复述WritingUnit12 Teaching WritingThe main procedures of process writing :Creating a motivation to writeBrainstormingMapping 绘图FreewritingOutlining 列提纲Drafting 起草Editing 编辑：peer-editing; self-editingRevising 修改Proofreading 校正Conferencing 与老师讨论Motivating students to write:the topic of writing as close as possible to students’ life students enough room for creativity and imaginationstudents well before writingcollaborative group writing as well as individual writing opportunities for students to share their writingconstructive ans positive feedbackstudents’ errors strategicallystudents a sense of achievement from time to time。

Unit 1Further reading⏹Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching: Jack C. Richards & Theodore S. Rodgers 外语教学与研究出版社，2000⏹How to be a good teacher: Scrivener, J. Learning Teaching. Heinemann 1994, Chapter 1⏹Communicative Language Teaching: Nunan, D. Designing Tasks for the Communicative Classroom. Cambridge University Press 1989⏹How to plan lessons: Ur, P. A Course in Language Teaching. Cambridge University Press. 1996. Module 15⏹Classroom Management: Gower, R., Phillips,D. and Walters, S. Teaching Practice Handbook new edition. Heinemann 1995⏹How to teach listening: Underwood, M. Teaching Listening Skill. Longman. 1989 .⏹How to teach speaking: Harmer, J. The Practice of English Language Teaching.new edition. Longman 1991. Chapter 8⏹How to teach reading: Grellet,F. Developing Reading Skills. Cambridge University Press . 1981 Harmer, J. The Practice of English Language Teaching . new edition. Longman. 1991. Chapter 10 How to teach writing: Tribble, C. Writing. Oxford University Press. 1996.Harmer, J. The Practice of English Language Teaching . new edition. Longman 1991. Chapter 7 & 8⏹How to use textbooks: Grant, N. Making the Most of Your Textbook. Longman. 1987.⏹Keith Johnson. An Introduction to Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press. 2003⏹《外语教学法丛书》20本Shanghai Foreign Language Education PressThe structural viewThe structural view sees language as a linguistic system.The system of language = the system of sounds +the system of words +the system of grammarThe functional view(The functional-notional view)The functional view sees language asa linguistic systemand asa means for doing thingsThe interactional viewThe interactional view sees language asa communicative tool(to build up and maintain relations between people).⏹The interactional view sees language primarily as means for establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships and for performing transactions between individuals.⏹The target of language learning is learning to initiate and maintain conversation with other people Two things are needed for communication⏹Rules of language form (grammar & vocabulary)⏹Rules of language use in a context (Is it appropriate to use this language item in this context?)Views on Language LearningBehaviorismThree basic behaviorist ideas about learning⏹1. Conditioning (Pavlov and the dribbling dogs): learning is seen as a question of developing connections (known as stimulus-response bonds) between events.⏹2. Habit formation (Skinner and the sporty pigeon)⏹3. The importance of the environment (writing on a clean slate) organism: person or animal that does the learning⏹Environment: an event, a situation or another person (teacher or parent)Environment OrganismThe Cognitive theory⏹Chomsky:⏹Language is not a form of behaviour. It is an intricate (complicated) rule-based system. (Language is rule-governed.)⏹There are a finite number of grammatical rules in the system and with knowledge of these rules an infinite number of sentences can be produced. (Language is generative. )Students should be asked to think rather than simply repeat.Constructivist views⏹Learning is a process in which the learner construct meaning based on his/her own experiences and what he/she already knows.⏹Constructivism is a broad term used by philosophers, curriculum designers, psychologists, educators, and others. Most people who use the term emphasize “the learner’s contribution to meaning and learning through both individual and social activity”.Social constructivism⏹Learning is best achieved through the dynamic interaction between the teacher and the learner and between learners.V ygotsky’s theory⏹V ygotsky’ concept of the zone of proximal development: a child can solve a problem with the help (scaffolding) of an adult or more able peer.⏹V ygotsky’s work formed the basis for the cooperative learning programs .He even recommended pairing more competent students with less competent students to elevate the latter’s competence.scaffolding⏹Scaffolding: the technique of changing the level of support over the course of a teaching session; amore-skilled person (teacher or more-advanced peer of the child) adjusts the amount of guidance to fit the student’s current p erformance. When the task the student is learning is new, the teacher might use direct instruction. As the student’s competence increases, less guidance is provided.Think of scaffolding in learning like the scaffolding used to construct a building. The scaffolding provides support when needed, but it is adjusted and gradually removed as the building approaches completion.Researchers found that when scaffolding is used by teachers and peers in collaborative learning, students’ learning benefits.。

communicativelanguageteaching交际语⾔教学法教学内容c o m m u n i c a t i v el a n g u a g e t e a c h i n g 交际语⾔教学法Communicative language teachingFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaCommunicative language teaching (CLT), or the communicativeapproach, is an approach to language teaching thatemphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of study.Language learners in environments utilizing CLT techniques learn andpractice the target language through interaction with one another and theinstructor, study of "authentic texts" (those written in the target language for purposes other than language learning), and use of the language in classcombined with use of the language outside of class. Learners converse about personal experiences with partners, and instructors teach topics outside of the realm of traditional grammar in order to promote language skills in all types of situations. This method also claims to encourage learners to incorporate their personal experiences into their language learning environment and focus on the learning experience in addition to the learning of the targetlanguage.[1] According to CLT, the goal of language education is the ability to communicate in the target language.[2] This is in contrast to previous views in which grammatical competence was commonly given top priority.[3] CLT also focuses on the teacher being a facilitator, rather than an instructor.Furthermore, the approach is a non-methodical system that does not use a textbook series to teach English but rather works on developing soundoral/verbal skills prior to reading and writing.Contents[hide]1Backgroundo 1.1Societal influenceso 1.2Academic influences2Classroom activitieso 2.1Role-playo 2.2Interviewso 2.3Group worko 2.4Information gapo 2.5Opinion sharingo 2.6Scavenger hunt3Critiques4See also5References6Further readingSocietal influences[edit]Language teaching was originally considered a cognitive matter, mainly involving memorization. It was later thought, instead, to be socio-cognitive, meaning that language can be learned through the process of social interaction. Today, however, the dominant technique in teaching any language is communicative language teaching (CLT).[4]It was Noam Chomsky's theories in the 1960s, focusing on competence and performance in language learning, that gave rise to communicative language teaching, but the conceptual basis for CLT was laid in the 1970s by linguists Michael Halliday, who studied how language functions are expressed through grammar, and Dell Hymes, who introduced the idea of a wider communicative competence instead of Chomsky's narrower linguistic competence.[4] The rise of CLT in the 1970s and early 1980s was partly in response to the lack of success with traditional language teaching methods and partly due to the increase in demand for language learning. In Europe, the advent ofthe European Common Market, an economic predecessor to the European Union, led to migration in Europe and an increased population of people who needed to learn a foreign language for work or for personal reasons. At the same time, more children were given the opportunity to learn foreign languages in school, as the number of secondary schools offering languages rose worldwide as part of a general trend of curriculum-broadening and modernization, and foreign-language study ceased to be confined to the elite academies. In Britain, the introduction of comprehensive schools, which offered foreign-language study to all children rather than to the select few in the elite grammar schools, greatly increased the demand for language learning.[5]This increased demand included many learners who struggled with traditional methods such as grammar translation, which involves the direct translation of sentence after sentence as a way to learn language. These methods assumed that students were aiming for mastery of the target language, and that students were willing to study for years before expecting to use the language in real life. However, these assumptions were challenged by adult learners, who were busy with work, and some schoolchildren, who were less academically gifted, and thus could not devote years to learning before being able to use the language. Educators realized that to motivate these students an approach with a more immediate payoff was necessary,[6] and they began to use CLT, an approach that emphasizes communicative ability and yielded better results.[7] Additionally, the trend of progressivism in education provided further pressure for educators to change their methods. Progressivism holds that active learning is more effective than passive learning,[6] and as this idea gained traction in schools there was a general shift towards using techniques where students were more actively involved, such as group work. Foreign-language education was no exception to this trend, and teachers sought to find new methods, such as CLT, that could better embody this shift in thinking.[6] Academic influences[edit]The development of communicative language teaching was bolstered by new academic ideas. Before the growth of communicative language teaching, the primary method of language teaching was situational language teaching. This method was much more clinical in nature and relied less on direct communication. In Britain, applied linguists began to doubt the efficacy of situational language teaching. This was partly in response to Chomsky's insights into the nature of language. Chomsky had shown that the structural theories of language prevalent at the time could not explain the variety found in real communication.[8] In addition, applied linguists such as Christopher Candlin and Henry Widdowson observed that the current model of language learning was ineffective in classrooms. They saw a need for students to develop communicative skill and functional competence in addition to mastering language structures.[8]In 1966, linguist and anthropologist Dell Hymes developed the conceptof communicative competence. Communicative competence redefined what it meant to "know" a language; in addition to speakers having mastery over the structural elements of language, they must also be able to use those structural elements appropriately in a variety of speech domains.[2] This can be neatly summed up by Hymes's statement, "There are rules of use without which the rules of grammar would be useless."[5] The idea of communicative competence stemmed from Chomsky's concept of the linguisticcompetence of an ideal native speaker.[2] Hymes did not make a concrete formulation of communicative competence, but subsequent authors have tied the concept to language teaching, notably Michael Canale.[9] Canale and Swain (1980) defined communicative competence in terms of three components: grammatical competence, sociolinguistic competence, and strategic competence. Canale (1983) refined the model by adding discourse competence, which contains the concepts of cohesion and coherence.[9]In the mid 1990s, the Dogme 95 manifesto influenced language teaching through the Dogme language teaching movement. This proposed that published materials stifle the communicative approach. As such, the aim of the Dogme approach to language teaching is to focus on real conversations about practical subjects, where communication is the engine of learning. The idea behind the Dogme approach is that communication can lead to explanation, which will lead to further learning. This approach is the antithesis of situational language teaching, which emphasizes learning through text and prioritizes grammar over communication.[10]A survey of communicative competence by Bachman (1990) divides competency into the broad headings of "organizational competence", which includes both grammatical and discourse (or textual) competence, and "pragmatic competence", which includes both sociolinguistic and "illocutionary" competence.[11] Strategic competence is associated with the interlocutors' ability in using communication strategies.[11]CLT teachers choose classroom activities based on what they believe is going to be most effective for students developing communicative abilities in the target language (TL). Oral activities are popular among CLT teachers, as opposed to grammar drills or reading and writing activities, because they include active conversation and creative, unpredicted responses from students. Activities vary based on the level of language class they are beingused in. They promote collaboration, fluency, and comfort in the TL. The six activities listed and explained below are commonly used in CLT classrooms.[6] Role-play[edit]Role-play is an oral activity usually done in pairs, whose main goal is to develop students' communicative abilities in a certain setting.[5]Example:1. The instructor sets the scene: where is the conversation taking place?(E.g., in a café, in a park, etc.)2. The instructor defines the goal of the students' conversation. (E.g., thespeaker is asking for directions, the speaker is ordering coffee, thespeaker is talking about a movie they recently saw, etc.)3. The students converse in pairs for a designated amount of time.This activity gives students the chance to improve their communication skills in the TL in a low-pressure situation. Moststudents are more comfortable speaking in pairs rather than in front of the entire class.[5]Instructors need to be aware of the differences between a conversation and an utterance. Students may use the same utterances repeatedly when doing this activity and not actually have a creative conversation. If instructors do not regulate what kinds of conversations students are having, then the students might not be truly improving their communication skills.[5]Interviews[edit]An interview is an oral activity done in pairs, whose main goal is to develop students' interpersonal skills in the TL.[12]Example:1. The instructor gives each student the same set of questions to ask apartner.2. Students take turns asking and answering the questions in pairs.This activity, since it is highly-structured, allows for the instructor to more closely monitor students' responses. It can zone in on one specific aspect of grammar or vocabulary, while still being a primarily communicative activity and giving the students communicative benefits.[12]This is an activity that should be used primarily in the lower levels of language classes, because it will be most beneficial to lower-level speakers. Higher-level speakers should be having unpredictable conversations in the TL, where neither the questions nor the answers are scripted or expected. If this activity were used with higher-level speakers it wouldn't have many benefits.[12]Group work[edit]Group work is a collaborative activity whose purpose is to foster communication in the TL, in a larger group setting.[13]Example:1. Students are assigned a group of no more than six people.2. Students are assigned a specific role within the group. (E.g., member A,member B, etc.)3. The instructor gives each group the same task to complete.4. Each member of the group takes a designated amount of time to workon the part of the task to which they are assigned.5. The members of the group discuss the information they have found,with each other and put it all together to complete the task.Students can feel overwhelmed in language classes, but this activity can take away from that feeling. Students are asked to focus on one piece of information only, which increases their comprehension of that information. Better comprehension leads to better communication with the rest of the group, which improves students' communicative abilities in the TL.[13] Instructors should to be sure to monitor that each student is contributing equally to the group effort. It takes a good instructor to design the activity well, so that students will contribute equally, and benefit equally from the activity.[13] Informationgap[edit]Information gap is a collaborative activity, whose purpose is for students to effectively obtain information that was previously unknown to them, in the TL.[14]Example:1. The class is paired up. One partner in each pair is Partner A, and theother is Partner B.2. All the students that are Partner A are given a sheet of paper with atime-table on it. The time-table is filled in half-way, but some of theboxes are empty.3. All the students that are Partner B are given a sheet of paper with atime-table on it. The boxes that are empty on Partner A's time-tableare filled in on Partner B's. There are also empty boxes on Partner B'stime-table, but they are filled in on Partner A's.4. The partners must work together to ask about and supply each otherwith the information they are both missing, to complete each other'stime-tables.Completing information gap activities improves students' abilities to communicate about unknown information in the TL. These abilities are directly applicable to many real-world conversations, where the goal is to find out some new piece of information, or simply to exchange information.[14]Instructors should not overlook the fact that their students need to be prepared to communicate effectively for this activity. They need to know certain vocabulary words, certain structures of grammar, etc. If the students have not been well prepared for the task at hand, then they will not communicate effectively.[15]Opinion sharing[edit]Opinion sharing is a content-based activity, whose purpose is to engage students' conversational skills, while talking about something they care about.[15]Example:1. The instructor introduces a topic and asks students to contemplatetheir opinions about it. (E.g., dating, school dress codes, globalwarming)2. The students talk in pairs or small groups, debating their opinions onthe topic.Opinion sharing is a great way to get more introverted students to open up and share their opinions. If a student has a strong opinion about a certain topic, then they will speak up and share.[15]Respect is key with this activity. If a student does not feel like their opinion is respected by the instructor or their peers, then they will not feel comfortable sharing, and they will not receive the communicative benefits of this activity.[15] Scavenger hunt[edit]A scavenger hunt is a mingling activity that promotes open interaction between students.[16]Example:1. The instructor gives students a sheet with instructions on it. (e.g. Findsomeone who has a birthday in the same month as yours.)2. Students go around the classroom asking and answering questionsabout each other.3. The students wish to find all of the answers they need to complete thescavenger hunt.In doing this activity, students have the opportunity to speak with a number of classmates, while still being in a low-pressure situation, and talking to only one person at a time. After learning more about each other, and getting to share about themselves, students will feel more comfortable talking and sharing during other communicative activities.[16]Since this activity is not as structured as some of the others, it is important for instructors to add structure. If certain vocabulary should be used in students' conversations, or a certain grammar is necessary to complete the activity, then instructors should incorporate that into the scavenger hunt.[16]Although CLT has been extremely influential in the field of language teaching, it is not universally accepted and has been subject to significant critique.[17]In his critique of CLT, Michael Swan addresses both the theoretical and practical problems with CLT. In his critique, he mentions that CLT is not an altogether cohesive subject, but one in which theoretical understandings (by linguists) and practical understandings (by language teachers) differ greatly. Critique of the theory of CLT includes that it makes broad claims regarding the usefulness of CLT while citing little data, that it uses a large amount of confusing vocabulary, and that it assumes knowledge that is predominately language non-specific (ex. the ability to make educated guesses) is language specific.[17] Swan suggests that these theoretical issues can lead to confusion in the application of CLT techniques.[18] Where confusion in the application of CLT techniques is readily apparent is in classroom settings. Swan suggests that CLT techniques often suggest prioritizing the "function" of a language (what one can do with the language knowledge one has) over the "structure" of a language (the grammatical systems of the language).[18] This priority can leave learners with serious gaps in their knowledge of the formal aspects of their target language. Swan also suggests that, in CLT techniques, whatever languages a student might already know are not valued or employed in instructional techniques.[18]Further critique of CLT techniques in classroom teaching can be attributed to Elaine Ridge. One of her critiques of CLT is that it implies that there is a generally agreed upon consensus regarding the definition of "communicative competence," which CLT claims to facilitate, when in fact there is not. Because there is not such agreement, students may be seen to be in possession of "communicative competence" without being able to make full, or even adequate, use of the language. That an individual is proficient in a language does not necessarily entail that they can make full use of thatlanguage, which can limit an individual's potential with that language, especially if that language is an endangered language. This critique is largely to do with the fact that CLT is often highly praised and is popular, when it may not necessarily be the best method of language teaching.[19]Ridge also notes that CLT has nonspecific requirements of its teachers, as there is no completely standard definition of what CLT is; this is especially true for the teaching of grammar (the formal rules governing the standardized version of the language in question). Some critics of CLT suggest that the method does not put enough emphasis on the teaching of grammar and instead allows students to produce utterances which are grammatically incorrect as long as the interlocutor can get some meaning from them.[19]Stephen Bax's critique of CLT has to do with the context of its implementation. Bax asserts that many researchers associate the use of CLT techinques with modernity and, therefore, the lack of CLT techniques as a lack of modernism. In this way, these researchers consider teachers or school systems which don't use CLT techniques as outdated and suggest that their students learn the target language "in spite of" the absence of CLT techniques, as though CLT were the only way to learn a language and everyone who fails to implement its techniques is ignorant and will not be successful in teaching the target language.[3]。

授课题目：Language in Mission授课时间：第____周第____周授课类型：理论课授课时数：4教学目的：After finishing this unit, students will be able to:1.To talk about way of learning English;2.Get deeper insights into the text;3.Make creative use of words, phrases and sentence patterns;4.Be able to write an essay with three main parts “introduction, body andconclusion”;5.To read with the skill “reading for the key ideas in sentences”.教学重点和难点：1.To further understand the text;2.To apply the words, phrases and sentence patterns.3.To read wit h the skill “reading for the key ideas in sentences”;4.To write an essay with three main parts “introduction, body and conclusion”;教学方法和手段：Various kinds of teaching methods are used:1.Teaching in class. Explain the profound theoretical knowledge in class;2.Case study. Provide case study during teaching, and make the students to discuss about the case;3.Bilingual and full English teaching;4.Applying modern multimedia teaching technologies;5.Taking advantage of abundant network teaching resources.教学内容和过程：Section A An Impressive English LessonStep One Warming-up Activities 30 minutesI.Lead-in:Discuss the following questions:1.What are the key factors that help people learn English as a foreign language? Good course, excellent syllabus based on some principles;Highly developed methodologies, teaching four primary skills of language acquisition;Put the four skills into a discourse;Analyze three different kinds of interactions.2.Do you have any problem in English learning?— I always feel it difficult t o…—It’s not easy for me to…understand what others say;remember so many words;learn the grammar;read quickly;speak in public…3.Do you think grammar is important in English learning?—Yes.The basic building blocks of a language;essential for effective communication;put the words in the right order;help to convey correct, meaningful message.—No.as long as one can understand what other is saying;dynamic and no language is fixed;speak their native language without having studied its grammar.II.Cultural backgroundAmerican university education1.What is Communicative Language Teaching?A type of teaching method;Develop the communicative ability as well as the knowledge of grammar; Learningby doing;Make classroom situation of real foreign language environment.2. What are the features of Communicative Language Teaching? Communicative competence is the goal;An integration of grammatical and functional teaching;Accuracy is secondary to conveying a message;Focus on communicative and contextual factors in language use;Learner-centered and experience-based.3. What is the role of teacher in Communicative Language Teaching?A facilitator of students’ learning;A manager of classroom activities;An advisor of students’ questions;A co-communicator in the communicative activity.Step Two Text Study 80 minutesI.Interactive reading of the text1. Reading comprehension1)What does the son think of the father? (Para. 1)A tedious oddity: a father he is obliged to listen to and a man absorbed in therules of grammar.2)Why was the writer shocked by his student’s answer? (Paras. 2-4)3)She is unable to describe her excursion to Europe with the right words.4)What conclusion did the writer draw from the example of his student?(Para. 5)Students unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these knowledge deficits because there is a sense that they should know better.5)Why should students not be blamed for their language deficiency? (Paras.6-7)6)The learning environment is misleading.7)Why should students not be blamed for their language deficiency?(Paras.6-7)8)They are not learning the language adequately and efficiently in school.9)How should grammar be taught as far as the writer is concerned?(Paras.8-10)10)Grammar must be handled delicately, step by step. An effective way ofteaching could arouse children’s interest in learning English grammar.11)An example: a grammar lesson with my son12)2. Structure of the textIntroductionIn his son’s eyes, the father is one who he has to obey and an oddity absorbed in grammar. (Para.1)He was shocked by his student’s inability todescribe properly her excursion to Europe. (Paras. 2-4)Thesis of the narration: It is unfair to blame students for their language deficiency. (Para.5)BodyExplains why stud ents shouldn’t be blamed for their language deficiency by providing two reasons and one example. (Paras. 6-10)Elaborates the importance of grammar and vocabulary in learning English. (Paras. 11-13)Concluding partNarrates another incident where his son unconsciously uttered a grammatically perfect sentence with a subjunctive mood, which made the author so proud of his son. (Paras. 14-17)3. Summary of the TextTo my son, I am a _____________: a father he is __________ listen to and a man ____________ the rules of grammar. And I got ______________ this because my student was unable to describe properly her feeling on her __________ to Europe.However, it doesn’t ________________ to criticize our students. They unfairly bear the bulk of the criticism for these __________________ because there is a sense that they _________________. On one hand, they are misled by the____________. On the other hand, school fails to _________________ the essential framework of language, accurate grammar and proper vocabulary.Perhaps, language should be looked upon as a _________ and a ___________________: often study the road map (check grammar) and ________ the car engine (adjust vocabulary). Learning grammar and a good vocabulary is just likedriving with a road map in a ________________ car. __________, _________, and __________ communication depends upon grammar and a good vocabulary, the two __________ assets for students, but they are ________________ in schools.II. Language FocusWords and expressions1. oddity: n. [C] a strange or unusual person or thing 怪人；怪物；奇特的东西With his neat suits on, he felt like an oddity walking in this poor neighborhood.穿着笔挺的西装走在这个贫民区里，他觉得自己就像个怪物。

What is communicative language teaching?Communicative language teaching makes use of real-life situations that necessitate communication. The teacher sets up a situation that students are likely to encounter in real life. Unlike the audiolingual method of language teaching, which relies on repetition and drills, the communicative approach can leave students in suspense as to the outcome of a class exercise, which will vary according to their reactions and responses. The real-life simulations change from day to day. Students' motivation to learn comes from their desire to communicate in meaningful ways about meaningful topics.What is task-based language teaching?Task-based language teaching (TBLT) is an approach which offers students material which they have to actively engage in the processing of in order to achieve a goal or complete a task. Much like regular tasks that we perform everyday such as making the tea, writing an essay, talking to someone on the phone, TBLT seeks to develop students’ interla nguage through providing a task and then using language to solve it.Here are some of the main features of TBLT:meaning is primarythere is some communication problem to solvethere is some sort of relationship to comparable real world activitiestask completion has some prioritythe assessment is done in terms of outcomes。