1. The Communicative Approach
Lisa Doherty
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2. Popular Methodologies
Audio-Lingual
Grammar- translation
Communicative Approach
TPR

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

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

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

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

9. Cooperative Learning
Pair
Group

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

12. 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 -

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

14. What is the teacher doing?

15. In Spanish, but groups

16. Teacher Roles
Facilitator and guide.
Observing
Error correcting

17. 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.

18. Teacher to Class mode
Is this good?

19. Student to Student mode
Is this better?

20. Student to student mode

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

22. Teacherless Activities
Turn to person next to you and introduce yourself

24. 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?

25. Fishbowl Technique for Modeling

26. Onion Ring

27. Surveys Do you like speaking activities? NAME YES/NO Gilberto Yes 2.3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
10.

28. 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 = x 100 = 90%
90% of the teachers like speaking activities.

29. 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

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

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

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

33. 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

34. Go to artist’s pages

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

36. Drawings
Don’t need many photocopies

37. Student A

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

39. Student B

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

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

42. 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?

43. 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

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