Communicative Approaches in Language Teaching

The following is not the characteristic of Communicative Language Teaching.

• Teachers give students opportunities to use the language productively

• Teachers control the language classroom

• Fluency may have to take on more importance than accuracy

The following is the advantage of Cooperative Language Learning.

• Opportunities to integrate with the Grammar-Translation Method

• It allows students to be more active in their learning

• Decreased frequency and variety of second language

The role of the teacher in Whole Language is as ...

• Facilitator

• Counsellor

• Controller

The following is not the description of Content-Based Instruction.

• Achievement of content course objectives is considered as necessary

• CBI may yield an increase in intrinsic motivation

• CBI reflects school’s needs for learning a second language

The following is not the principle of Task-Based Language Learning.

• Activities that involve real communication are essential for language learning

• Activities in which language is used for carrying out meaningful tasks which promote learning

• Language that is meaningful to the teacher supports the learning process

.... are the specific activities manifested in the classroom that were consistent with a method and therefore were in harmony with an approach as well.

... is an overall plan for systematic presentation of language based upon a selected approach

______is a set of assumptions dealing with the nature of language, learning, and teaching.

Answer explanation

Approach is a set of assumptions dealing with thenature of language, learning, andteaching.

Match the following

• a set of assumptions

• Approach

• an overall plan

• Method

• the specific activities

• Techniques

Match the following

• Cooperative Language Learning

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• Content-Based Instruction

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• Whole Language

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• Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

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• Task-Based Language Teaching

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