William Benjamin Alexis Centrella Nancy Coronado

1. UNIVERSIDAD PEDAGÓGICA EXPERIMENTAL LIBERTADOR INSTITUTO PEDAGÓGICO DE CARACAS DEPARTAMENTO DE IDIOMAS MODERNOS PROGRAMA INGLÉS CURSO: DIDÁCTICA DEL INGLÉS Caracas, October 2011 COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH OR COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) Students: Professor: Alexis Centrella Nancy Coronado William Benjamin Mirna Quintero

2. APPROACH ¨A set of assumptions dealing with the nature of language, learning, and teaching.¨ ( Brown, 2001, p.14) METHOD TECHNIQUES ¨It is described as an overall plan for systematic presentation of language based upon a selected approach.¨ ( Brown, 2001, p.14) ¨The specific activities manifested in the classroom that [are] consistent with a method and therefore [are] in harmony with an approach as well.¨ ( Brown, 2001, p.14)

3. COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH Communication Real Meaning Functions Interaction “ Communicative Competence”

4. Concepts Contextualization Realia Acquisition Motivation Communication Functions Interaction Creativity Information gap Task-Based Material Linguistic variations

5. Developers Robert Langs Dell Hymes Contradicted Chomsky’s theory on what Competence referred to. He coined the term Communicative Competence. He developed the Communicative Approach in the 1970s. This Approach replaced Situational Language Teaching.

8. Perspectives Pedagogy Linguistics Grammatical Competence Sociolinguistic Competence Discourse Competence Strategic Competence Creation of an atmosphere The teacher is facilitator Use of the concepts Use of the strategies

9. Perspectives Sociology Sociocultural use of language Interactional function The personal function Interpersonal relationship Cooperativism rather than individualism Psychology Behaviorism Cognitivism Constructivism Functionalism

11. BIBLIOGRAPHY Richards, J. and Rodgers T. (2001). Approaches and methods in language teaching. Second Edition . United States of America: Cambrigde University Press. Brown, H. Douglas. (2001). Teaching by Principles. An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. Second Edition . United States of America: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Brown, H. Douglas. (2000). Principles of Language Learning and Teaching. Fourth Edition . United States of America: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Celce-Murcia, M. (2001). Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language. Third Edition . United States of America: Heinle & Heinle; A division of Thomson Learning Inc.