Current Trends in Communicative Language Teaching

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Mind Map on Current Trends in Communicative Language Teaching, created by Joel Paul Sarabia Moreno on 24/05/2022.
Joel Paul Sarabia Moreno
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Current Trends in Communicative Language Teaching
  1. Communicative competence as the goal of second and foreign language teaching.
    1. It can be applied in different ways, depending on the teaching context, the age of the learners, their level, their learning goals
    2. Core Assumptions of CLT
      1. Interaction and meaningful communication
        1. Students processing content
          1. Use of several language skills or modalities
            1. Inductive learning and language analysis and reflection
              1. Gradual process
                1. The final goal is to communicate accurately and fluently.
                  1. Learners develop their own routes to language learning
                    1. Effective learning and communication strategies
                      1. The role of the teacher as facilitator
                        1. Collaborative learning
                        2. Classroom Activities
                          1. Seek to develop students’ communicative competence
                            1. Create the need for communication
                              1. Provide opportunities for both inductive and deductive learning of grammar
                                1. Make use of content that connects to students’ lives
                                  1. Allow students to apply what they have learned to their own lives
                                    1. Allow students to personalize learning by applying what they have learned in their own lives
                                    2. Shift to CLT
                                      1. Move from teacher-centered instruction to learner-centered instruction
                                        1. Focusing greater attention on the learning process rather than the products that learners produce
                                          1. Focusing greater attention on the learning process rather than the products that learners produce
                                            1. Diversity among learners
                                              1. The uniqueness of each context
                                                1. Promote holistic learning
                                                  1. Helping students to understand the purpose of learning and develop their own purpose
                                                    1. A whole-to-part orientation instead of a part-to-whole approach
                                                      1. An emphasis on the importance of meaning rather than drills and other forms of rote learning
                                                        1. Learning as a lifelong process
                                                        2. 8 major changes in approaches to language teaching
                                                          1. Learner autonomy
                                                            1. The social nature of learning
                                                              1. Curricular integration
                                                                1. Diversity
                                                                  1. Thinking skills
                                                                    1. Alternative assessment
                                                                      1. Teachers as co-learners
                                                                      2. Language syllabus today needs to include:
                                                                        1. Language skills
                                                                          1. Content
                                                                            1. Grammar
                                                                              1. Vocabulary
                                                                                1. Functions
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