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Communicative
Language Teaching (CLT)
Background
Also called ‘The Notional-Functional
Approach’(觀念/意念功能教學法)
In 1960s, Situational Language Teaching(情
境式語言教學)was popular.
Learners are able to socialise/ communicate
(溝通/交際)with social notions in social
situations.
Emphasis shifts from language structures to
communicative functions.
Background (cont.)
Most of the methods are for Ss to learn to
communicate in target language.
In 1960’s, it has been questioned that Ss
couldn’t genuinely communicate outside of
the classroom properly.
Being able to communicate required more
than mastering linguistic structures.
Background (cont.)
Communication required Ss perform certain
functions within a social context. Linguistic
competence – rules of linguistic usage.
Communicative competence – knowing when
and how to say what to whom.
In late 1970’s and early 1980’s, linguistic
structure-centered approach shifted to
Communicative Approach.
A communicative (or funtional/notional)
approach is organised on the basis of
communicative functions (e.g.aplogising,
describing, inviting, promising) that a given
learner of group of learners needs to know
and emphasises the ways in which particular
grammatical forms may be used to express
these functions appropriately (Canale &
Swain, 1980:1)
Theory
1965, Noam Chomsky- linguistic competence.
Learners are able to communicate with grammatically
correct sentences.
VS.
1972, Dell Hymes- communicative competence.
When communicative competence is acquired,
learners should acquire the knowledge and
competence in different situations.
Theory (cont.)
Communicative competence:
Dell Hymes (1972)
1.possiblility 可能性
2.feasibility
可行性
3.appropriateness 適當性
4.probability 現實性
Theory (cont.)
Communicative Competence:
Canale & Swain (1980)
1. linguistic competence 語法能力
2. sociolinguistic competence社會語言能力
3. discourse competence話語能力
4.strategic ceompetence策略能力
Theory (cont.)
Three principles by Richards & Rodgers
(1986):
The communication principle: activity design
with communicative purpose.
The task principle: activity design with using
language to achieve meaningful task.
The meaningfulness principle: activity design
should be meaningful to the learners.
Theory (cont.)
Richards (1985)
Communication is meaning-based.
Communication is conventional.
Communication is appropriate.
Communication is interactional.
Communication is structured.
Aims
Communicative competence.
Interdependence of language and
communication.
Broadly apply the theoretical perspective of
the Communicative Approach.
Characteristics
Done with a communicative intent.
Use authentic materials.
Teacher/ students’ role
Teacher- facilitator, advisor.
less dominant than teachercentered.
Students- communicators.
actively engaged in negotiating
meaning (try to make themselves
understood and understand others)
Three features of communication
information gap- one person in an exchange
knows something the other person doesn’t.
choice – speaker has a choice of what
he/she will say and how to say it.
feedback- communication is purposeful.
Evaluate if purpose has been achieved by
feedback.
Three conditions for communication
Have something to say.
Have someone to say to.
Have a genuine interest in the outcome of the
communication (involved, engaged).
Ways to stop Ss communicating
Ask Qs to which you already know the answer.
Reject Ans. If they’re not the ones you’d
thought of.
Reject Ans. If they’re not the ones the
textbook demands.
Respond to the form rather than the content.
Initiate every piece of communication yourself.
Pretend to understand when you haven’t.
Fill the silences.