The Communicative Approach Lisa Doherty Email: dulidoherty@gmail.com Blog: dulidoherty.wordpress.com

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Watch videos WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 CLASSES? 100% student speaking Pair work Teacher as Facilitator/Monitor

Watch videos WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 2 CLASSES? 100% student speaking Pair work Teacher as Facilitator/Monitor

Who should be speaking in a language classroom: the teacher or the students?

Communicate Leaner should interact with other people; either face-to-face, in group or pair work, or in writing.

Cooperative Learning Pair Group

Groups for Communication What is this color? This color is ________. Groups of 4

Purpose is to use REAL communication Ex. Objectives are focused on communication SWBAT tell another student to put classroom objects on a desk using prepositions Ss must have a NEED to communicate SWBAT – Students Will Be Able To….. Change -

Give your partner directions. Put the pencil next to the notebook. Put the _____ (preposition) the ______. (object) (object) Where is the teacher(me)?

What is the teacher doing?

In Spanish, but groups

Teacher Roles Facilitator and guide. Observing Error correcting

Active participants in their own learning process Learner-centered Student Roles Active participants in their own learning process Learner-centered Cooperative Students are learning from each other.

Teacher to Class mode Is this good?

Student to Student mode Is this better?

Student to student mode

Communicative Approach Students are talking Teacher is NOT talking Working in Pairs or Groups Teacher is Facilitator

Teacherless Activities Turn to person next to you and introduce yourself

Hi, how are you? What’s your name? Where are you from? Fluency Lines Hi, how are you? What’s your name? Where are you from? Nice to meet you. How many times did they speak? Repeat? Can do with big classes?

Fishbowl Technique for Modeling

Onion Ring

Surveys Do you like speaking activities? NAME YES/NO Gilberto Yes 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Surveys Do you like speaking activities? Count # of people you asked(10) Count # that said “yes”(9) Divide “yeses”(9) by total(10) 9/10 = .9 .9 x 100 = 90% 90% of the teachers like speaking activities.

Conversation Grid What’s your name? Where are you from? What do you love? What do you hate? Tell neighbor about people that you met. Report back with 3rd person

Shared Language “I met ________. She is from________. She loves ______. She hates ______.”

Forcing Language Information gap activities This is an activity where the students HAVE TO talk to each other in order to complete the activity.

A Gap Her name is _____________. What _____ your favorite foods? What is a gap? A lack of information, a missing piece

Information Gap Activity Student A “How much is the ______?” “It is ______.” Student B “It is _______” “How much is the _____?” $1.00 PEN PEN $5.00 RULER RULER

Go to artist’s pages

TIME “It is _______.” “What time is it?” B

Drawings Don’t need many photocopies

Student A

Give your partner directions. Put the lamp next to the chair. Put the _____(preposition) the _______. (object) (object)

Student B

Student A: How much is the eraser? Student B: It is $1.25.

SINGULAR(1) Student A: How much is___________? Student B: It is_$_____. PLURAL(2, 3, 10, 100….) Student A: How much are_________? Student B: They are_$______.

Ex. What if the teacher just teaches “colors” to Ss Ex. What if the teacher just teaches “colors” to Ss. How could you give an immediate pair assignment where the Ss are talking to each other?

Scenario After teaching “I am wearing a blue shirt. She is wearing a red dress.” The teacher asks the Ss individually what they are wearing. Then the teacher assigns Ss to work in pairs and tell each other what they are wearing. Is this a good increase of STT? Could we increase it some more? Could we extend the activity? Yes, put them in groups and have them explain to the other pair what they are wearing and then what their partner is wearing. *use of third person singular

Thank you! PLEASE TRY ONE OF THESE ACTIVITIES IN YOUR TEACHING THIS WEEK!