Communicative Method Flashcards
What is communicative learning?
its the teaching of a language based off of social situations, student needs and real life situations.
T or F: Communicative learning is a descriptive learning process?
F: its a prescriptive method
What founded the communicative approach?
the questioning of the situational approach, which coincides with the advent of Chomskyan linguistics in the USA.
The communicative method replaced what two other methods?
the American audio-oral method and the British situational approach.
What is ordinary language?
Ordinary language is a method of philosophical investigation concerned with how verbal expressions are used in everyday language.
What is language function?
A language function refers to what students do with language as they engage with content and interact with others.
When was the expression “ communicative approach” first appear?
1975
What is threshold level English?
the threshold measures the speech act or the language function with precise and varied statements and takes into account the language needs of the students.
list the competences (4)
1) sociolinguistic
2) sociocultural
3) discursive
4) strategic
What are the 4 linguistic skills?
Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening
What is grammatical competency?
the knowledge of language stored in a person’s mind.
Does a learner need to know the grammatical rules of L2 in order to communicate ?
No, its not needed, communication intention and communication situation count.
What is communication situation?
any kind of situation where communication is taking place ( understanding the status of the contact, age, social rank and physical location)
what is communication intension?
Why is a person intending to communicate ( asking to identify an object, persuasion, asking permission, giving orders?
What is it called when these two elements form a pair?
adaptive double dimension of the language.
How does this method involve culture?
this approach involves daily life while also emphasizing the non verbal behaviour that accompanies any communication
which psychologist support the communicative method more: Cognitive or behavioural?
Cognitive
What is the role of the student in this method?
the learner plays a role of communicator in the process
What is the role of the teacher in this method?
Teacher is less directive and authoritarian
What more important for this method: the process or the product?
the process
Which methodologists reject the analytical teaching based on grammar?
the Americans: krashen and Terrel and the British : Breen and Candlin
What are some of the positives to this approach? (3)
- Students have the opportunity to practice oral
- Creative and fun
- Tolerence for Errors
What are some of the negatives to this method? (2)
- students have different learning styles
2. ideal for small groups and not large classes
What are some inconveniences for this method? (6)
- based on professor competence
- culture
- lack of network
- demographic
- absence of grammar
- context
What is prescriptive learning?
is a flexible learning style that emphasizes the sense rather than the rules
What is descriptive learning?
rules are the emphasis
What is traditional learning? (5)
- audio oral
- Behavioural Psychology ( accent on classroom behaviour)
- Repetition and memorization
- behaviour based
- external (body)
What is communicative learning (5)
- cognitive psychology
- Action of thinking
- internal
- Mind and thinking
- Active mind is a part of the process
What is coherence?
the statements are linked
ex. are you going to Senegal for the summer? yes I am going
What is cohesion?
the statements are linked by ice extra linguistic element. * answers the stamens without directly answering it.
ex. are you going to Senegal for the summer? the frontiers are closed.
