This course covers approaches, theories, and methods of teaching foreign and second languages, with practical application to classroom. Students demonstrate teaching strategies, develop lesson and unit-planning skills, and evaluate curricula and materials.
The role of communication in language teaching requires explicit awareness and attention on the part of curriculum planners/developers. Communicative competence is an ability to use the linguistic system effectively and appropriately
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) emphasizes the role of a teacher to that of a communicator who initiates communication among the students. It requires authentic use of texts and innovative teaching strategies for creating classroom communication. The students benefit from learning opportunities created or facilitated by the teacher. Many of the communicative activities are often carried out by the students in small groups. Their focus during classroom performance or interaction remains on negotiating meaning rather than from. An obvious aspect of Communicative Approach (CA) is to involve students in a mental process for the acquisition of knowledge regarding language performance. It suggests use of role-plays, guessing games, and problem solving tasks in a formal learning context. A range of these activities not only create interest among the students but also motivate them towards a foreign language learning process.
- Teacher: Olga Sciuchina