topics 1-2 COMMUNICATION

Choose the false sentence

• Language is a complex and dynamic system of communication

• Language involves the use of symbols with agreed-upon meaning

• Language is limited to spoken or written words

• Language is essential for the transmission of knowledge, culture and the formation of socia bonds

The most defining features of language are:

• Arbitrariness

  Traditional transnmission

  Duality

  Displacement

  Structure dependence

• Inmediacy

  Interactivity

  Reliance on cues

What are pedagogical implications of oral and writren language?

• oral language is easier to acquire

• errors in written language should be considered as more "normal"

• the graphic features of writing make the learning of this skill the slowest to acquire

• Spelling exercises are important

The key dimensions of the Communicative Competence developed by Canale and Swain are:

• Grammatical Competence

• Discursive Competence

• Sociolinguistic Competence

• Strategic Competence

• Socio-cultural Competence

What are key principles of the Communicative Approach?

• Real communication

• Error tolerance

• Authentic materials

• The use of English in real contexts

What factors should we take into account in the Communicative Class

• Input: abundant, varied, comprehensible

  Teacher as monitor

• diverse student's groupings.

• Communicative activities

• Teacher as monitor and student as the center of the process

Some examples of oral comunicative activities are:

• role-plays

• information gap activities

• translation of vocabulary

Some examples of non verbal communication are:

• body language.

  gestures.

  eye contact.

• tone of voice.

  songs.

  and videos.

• reading books.

• the use of physical space.

select all the factors that define a communicative situation:

• addresser

  addressee

  context

  purpose

• channel/medium

  code

  register

  functionality

  topic

• money

  job

  studies

  cleaning