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In regards to the communicative approach for lesson planning, I would have to say that in my opinion the advantages would probably be that for any child he/she may be able to comprehend the assigned lesson due to this approach being not only task-oriented in which a task would have a real world outcome or a task in which students can carry out a lesson. Another advantage would be that a lesson can be a learning-centered lesson in which a lesson deals with showing how and why something is being done in a particular way or what happened during the assigned task. Students may probably be more flexible to this approach depending on the students learning ability. A disadvantage would probably be dependent on whether a student is an audio or visual learner.
One disadvantage of the Communicative Approach is the need for open-minded teachers/instructors when it comes to teaching the target language (L1). Not all instructors want the responsibility to utilize several methods and just stick with one because they have fossilized (I am just using a linguistic term sorry if I sound like an ageist).
The advantage of the Communicative Approach allows the learners to practice speaking the targeted language more frequently. The disadvantage of the method is that it is not quite text oriented, meaning that the instruction of proper grammatical structure is not actually applied or taught (correct me if I am wrong).
The best thing that I like about this communicative approach method is that give the child the ability to experience a foreign language and retain the language more effectively. This is done by reverse role were the child becomes the teacher and the teacher facilitates the activity.
The only thing I am concern about is that not all children are willing to take the realm due to fear pronouncing the words incorrectly. From this it will lower the child’s self-esteem and raise his or her anxiety level.
One major advantage of the Communicative Approach in lesson planning is the ability to create and implement exercises that can be fun for students as well as teach a language in a communicative way (i.e. something student actually need to communicate) vs. the use of drills (direct method) which many students find dull and mundane.
One major disadvantage of the Communicative Approach in lesson planning is the lack of ability to assign homework assignments to further practice vs the grammar translation method which can allow a great range of homework assignments.
Hafa Adai Dr. Cyrus! For me, an adavantage of the Communicative Approach is that children who are not frequently exposed to the target language are able to get a feel for the sound of words even if the meanings are still somewhat unclear.
I think the communicative approach can be benefical to the students if they're allowed to practice the target language both in a classroom setting as well as outside of the classroom. One way that they can practice the target language is to get the parents involved with tasks sent home by the teacher. Example: Practicing vocabulary words-student has a list to practice at home/parent can look at the list while the student goes over the list and acknowledge that the student did practice by signing the list so that the teacher can see that the list was shared with the parent. Disadvantage: the student may not have the list, so parent is not aware of the assignment to be practiced at home. As teachers, we need to know what works for our students and then plan on how to get our students to be motivated to learn a second language that's being taught. Teachers really need to be able to change with the times if we want our students to succeed. It's hard work, but no one said that teaching was easy.
An advantage of communicative approach is that the activities are very meaningful and fun for the students. Student get the opportunity to interact and socializing is something kids love to do. A disadvantage would be that this type of approach can get out of hand if the teacher is not carefully directing situations so that confrontations do not arise.
The communicative approach that I thought was a good way to expose second language learners into the target laguage was the Direct Method. The Direct Method allows the learner to acquire the target language naturally, the same way a person would acquire their first language. However, this method allows them only to learn the target language by hearing it, it would only be spoken language.
One advantage of using the 'Communicative Approach' for lesson planning is having a myriad of possible comunicative activities that the students can do. It presents a lot of opportunities for them to express their ideas and opinions. They can do games, role plays, and problem-solving tasks. One disadvantage would be the difficulty of timing lessons. I think it will be a little tricky guessing the amount of class time required for an activity since the ability of each group varies.
LACK OF A SPEAKING MODEL. Criticisms of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) include the lack of language modeling because the classroom setting and activities focus on the students’ use of the language in creative/inventive speech to communicate their messages. Many language teachers emphasize the importance of providing a good speaking model so that students are provided the correct and proper way of producing the target speech. Often native speakers of the target language cannot understand the second language speaker because emphasis has minimized production in favor of communication. The use of modeling should improve the accuracy of speech production in the target language. EMPHASIS ON ONE DOMAIN OF LANGUAGE. Another criticism is that the emphasis of producing a “speech act” focuses on only the pragmatic domain of language and ignores the generative domain, syntax and structure. According to Geoffrey Leech “…speech acts cannot be generated without syntax…” The two domains, generative and pragmatic domains, co-exist in language learning. Thus, a narrowed version, or fundamentalist version, of CLT produces the conclusion that rote-learning, memorization, teacher-talk, and whole-class teaching become “bad” practices. Teacher-trainers and persons in positions of authority, hopefully, will encourage the use of the broader and more flexible version of CLT. AVOIDANCE OR LIMITED USE OF WHOLE-CLASS TEACHING. A third criticism of CLT is the avoidance of whole-class teaching. Good teaching requires the use of both whole-class and pair/group methods and activities. There are times when whole-class teaching is more efficient than the pair or group work. Both approaches have their place in teaching and learning. COMMENT. Different learners prefer different learning styles. Teaching settings vary as well. The language teacher may utilize various resources to promote learning the target language. The instructor is in the position to assess the character and personality of the group and/or individuals and to employ methods and approaches that will be best suited for those learners. The CLT approach can be combined with traditional methods and approaches to meet the goals of learning the target language. (Reference: From btinternet.com/ted.power on Language Acquisition Discussion)
The communicative approach is a good strategy for students learning a second language because the learning is designed around real situations. It provides opportunities for students to apply what they're learning in a real and meaningful way. The advantage for lesson planning is there is always a "real situation" that you can use. The disadvantage is the lack of class time.
What is: Inter-language is the stage between when a L2 learner first starts to learn the second language and becoming fluent.
Example of: L2: “Roberto has a book is about electricity.” Fluency: “Roberto has a book that is about electricity.”
Pro: The good part of Interlanguage Development is that it is a development stage of learning the target language.
Con: The downfall of this development is Fossilization. When a student or language learner uses the language (target) wrong and it is not corrected early, the “bad habit” becomes fossilized. Adult second language learners tend to have this problem. They would learn the target language but to an extent of just learning how to communicate. If problems are not corrected and had become fossilized into the learner’s language, it is difficult to correct the problem later.
Strategies to encourage progression: Group work
Bringing students into frequent contact with competent speakers of the language, most often their peers.
They can participate in pen pal relationships with advance speakers of the target language.
CLT helps students use the target language in and out of the classroom. For example: English as a second language, the student knows that in order to communicate with their peers, they would have to learn the language. The teacher can use CLT's bag of ticks to help the students learn the language. The disadvantage of CLT is class size, group levels, and time.
Many English language learners also need assistive and adaptive devices for educational purposes. Share with your colleagues ONE online resource that is supportive of both kinds of learner needs. The Mingoville is one very good website that will help the two kinds of learners because it has audio and visual capabilities
Communicative approach has been proven to be most successful in providing confident learners who are able to make themselves effectively understood in the shortest time possible. It is the teacher's responsibility to create situations which promote communication and provide an authentic background for language learning. Some advantages for learners are often more motivated with this approach as they have an interesting what is being communicated, as the lesson is topic or theme based. Learners are encouraged to speak and communicate from day one, rather than just barking out repetitive phrases. Learners practice the target language a number of times, slowly building on accuracy. Language is created by the individual, often through trial and error.
The advantage is that we can be very creative and students or teachers can find it easy or hard to follow a certain lesson plan. The disadvantage is that not everyone have access to a computer, so sometimes it becomes hard to communicate what we have in our lesson plan. Communication is the most important to have in our lesson plan and it should be easy for anyone to follow.
In my opinion I would say that Communicative Language Approach bring the best out of students in means of communicating in different 'meaningful' situations.
The disadvantage of this particular approach is mostly placed on the shoulders of teachers. The 'intuition' of choosing what to teach verses what not to teach, or spending more time on a certain lesson and less on another.
I think e-portfolios are a wonderful tech tool. It is good that it is used in college for by then students are supposed to be more computer oriented. It would be wonderful if GPSS could afford to put computers in the classrooms but the reality of it is very bleak. There are still a lot of schools without computers and so we can't expect students to be computer oriented if we do not provide computers for them. It will be a very long time before we can actually have computers where students can be allowed to work with. In the mean time we still have to stick with just regular portfolios.
The advantages of using the 'communicative approach' for lesson planning in my opinion is that students are able to have a one to one instruction with the teacher. However, not all students are audio learners and the disadvantages in this regard is that 'communicative approach' would not service the other types of learners and this is where multi-media lesson plan with audio would be a great tool.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of using the 'communicative approach' for lesson planning?
Communicative approach is one way for L2 learners to learn the target languae. It advantages is to develop them, L2 learners, to acquire fluency and able to communicate better among themselves or with the native speakers.
It's disadvantage is that it will take time for them to learn the language. Besides, they will feel unsecure(the slow learners) if they communicate and make mistakes. This is a typically true within the Chuukese students.
Hi Dr. Cyrus,
ReplyDeleteThis Blog Archive is like a newsletter and a personal biography rolled into one. It reveals interesting facts about you and your interest area.
In regards to the communicative approach for lesson planning, I would have to say that in my opinion the advantages would probably be that for any child he/she may be able to comprehend the assigned lesson due to this approach being not only task-oriented in which a task would have a real world outcome or a task in which students can carry out a lesson. Another advantage would be that a lesson can be a learning-centered lesson in which a lesson deals with showing how and why something is being done in a particular way or what happened during the assigned task. Students may probably be more flexible to this approach depending on the students learning ability. A disadvantage would probably be dependent on whether a student is an audio or visual learner.
ReplyDeleteOne disadvantage of the Communicative Approach is the need for open-minded teachers/instructors when it comes to teaching the target language (L1). Not all instructors want the responsibility to utilize several methods and just stick with one because they have fossilized (I am just using a linguistic term sorry if I sound like an ageist).
ReplyDeleteThe advantage of the Communicative Approach allows the learners to practice speaking the targeted language more frequently. The disadvantage of the method is that it is not quite text oriented, meaning that the instruction of proper grammatical structure is not actually applied or taught (correct me if I am wrong).
ReplyDeleteThe best thing that I like about this communicative approach method is that give the child the ability to experience a foreign language and retain the language more effectively. This is done by reverse role were the child becomes the teacher and the teacher facilitates the activity.
ReplyDeleteThe only thing I am concern about is that not all children are willing to take the realm due to fear pronouncing the words incorrectly. From this it will lower the child’s self-esteem and raise his or her anxiety level.
One major advantage of the Communicative Approach in lesson planning is the ability to create and implement exercises that can be fun for students as well as teach a language in a communicative way (i.e. something student actually need to communicate) vs. the use of drills (direct method) which many students find dull and mundane.
ReplyDeleteOne major disadvantage of the Communicative Approach in lesson planning is the lack of ability to assign homework assignments to further practice vs the grammar translation method which can allow a great range of homework assignments.
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ReplyDeleteIs there a place for explicit grammar tutorials in the communicative approach?
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Hafa Adai Dr. Cyrus! For me, an adavantage of the Communicative Approach is that children who are not frequently exposed to the target language are able to get a feel for the sound of words even if the meanings are still somewhat unclear.
ReplyDeleteI think the communicative approach can be benefical to the students if they're allowed to practice the target language both in a classroom setting as well as outside of the classroom. One way that they can practice the target language is to get the parents involved with tasks sent home by the teacher. Example: Practicing vocabulary words-student has a list to practice at home/parent can look at the list while the student goes over the list and acknowledge that the student did practice by signing the list so that the teacher can see that the list was shared with the parent. Disadvantage: the student may not have the list, so parent is not aware of the assignment to be practiced at home. As teachers, we need to know what works for our students and then plan on how to get our students to be motivated to learn a second language that's being taught. Teachers really need to be able to change with the times if we want our students to succeed. It's hard work, but no one said that teaching was easy.
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ReplyDeleteAn advantage of communicative approach is that the activities are very meaningful and fun for the students. Student get the opportunity to interact and socializing is something kids love to do. A disadvantage would be that this type of approach can get out of hand if the teacher is not carefully directing situations so that confrontations do not arise.
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ReplyDeleteThe communicative approach that I thought was a good way to expose second language learners into the target laguage was the Direct Method. The Direct Method allows the learner to acquire the target language naturally, the same way a person would acquire their first language. However, this method allows them only to learn the target language by hearing it, it would only be spoken language.
ReplyDeleteOne advantage of using the 'Communicative Approach' for lesson planning is having a myriad of possible comunicative activities that the students can do. It presents a lot of opportunities for them to express their ideas and opinions. They can do games, role plays, and problem-solving tasks. One disadvantage would be the difficulty of timing lessons. I think it will be a little tricky guessing the amount of class time required for an activity since the ability of each group varies.
ReplyDeleteLACK OF A SPEAKING MODEL. Criticisms of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) include the lack of language modeling because the classroom setting and activities focus on the students’ use of the language in creative/inventive speech to communicate their messages. Many language teachers emphasize the importance of providing a good speaking model so that students are provided the correct and proper way of producing the target speech. Often native speakers of the target language cannot understand the second language speaker because emphasis has minimized production in favor of communication. The use of modeling should improve the accuracy of speech production in the target language.
ReplyDeleteEMPHASIS ON ONE DOMAIN OF LANGUAGE. Another criticism is that the emphasis of producing a “speech act” focuses on only the pragmatic domain of language and ignores the generative domain, syntax and structure. According to Geoffrey Leech “…speech acts cannot be generated without syntax…” The two domains, generative and pragmatic domains, co-exist in language learning. Thus, a narrowed version, or fundamentalist version, of CLT produces the conclusion that rote-learning, memorization, teacher-talk, and whole-class teaching become “bad” practices. Teacher-trainers and persons in positions of authority, hopefully, will encourage the use of the broader and more flexible version of CLT.
AVOIDANCE OR LIMITED USE OF WHOLE-CLASS TEACHING. A third criticism of CLT is the avoidance of whole-class teaching. Good teaching requires the use of both whole-class and pair/group methods and activities. There are times when whole-class teaching is more efficient than the pair or group work. Both approaches have their place in teaching and learning.
COMMENT. Different learners prefer different learning styles. Teaching settings vary as well. The language teacher may utilize various resources to promote learning the target language. The instructor is in the position to assess the character and personality of the group and/or individuals and to employ methods and approaches that will be best suited for those learners. The CLT approach can be combined with traditional methods and approaches to meet the goals of learning the target language.
(Reference: From btinternet.com/ted.power on Language Acquisition Discussion)
The communicative approach is a good strategy for students learning a second language because the learning is designed around real situations. It provides opportunities for students to apply what they're learning in a real and meaningful way. The advantage for lesson planning is there is always a "real situation" that you can use. The disadvantage is the lack of class time.
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ReplyDeleteInter-language Development
What is:
Inter-language is the stage between when a L2 learner first starts to learn the second language and becoming fluent.
Example of:
L2: “Roberto has a book is about electricity.”
Fluency: “Roberto has a book that is about electricity.”
Pro: The good part of Interlanguage Development is that it is a development stage of learning the target language.
Con: The downfall of this development is Fossilization. When a student or language learner uses the language (target) wrong and it is not corrected early, the “bad habit” becomes fossilized. Adult second language learners tend to have this problem. They would learn the target language but to an extent of just learning how to communicate. If problems are not corrected and had become fossilized into the learner’s language, it is difficult to correct the problem later.
Strategies to encourage progression:
Group work
Bringing students into frequent contact with competent speakers of the language, most often their peers.
They can participate in pen pal relationships with advance speakers of the target language.
CLT helps students use the target language in and out of the classroom. For example: English as a second language, the student knows that in order to communicate with their peers, they would have to learn the language. The teacher can use CLT's bag of ticks to help the students learn the language. The disadvantage of CLT is class size, group levels, and time.
ReplyDeleteMany English language learners also need assistive and adaptive devices for educational purposes. Share with your colleagues ONE online resource that is supportive of both kinds of learner needs.
ReplyDeleteThe Mingoville is one very good website that will help the two kinds of learners because it has audio and visual capabilities
Communicative approach has been proven to be most successful in providing confident learners who are able to make themselves effectively understood in the shortest time possible. It is the teacher's responsibility to create situations which promote communication and provide an authentic background for language learning.
ReplyDeleteSome advantages for learners are often more motivated with this approach as they have an interesting what is being communicated, as the lesson is topic or theme based.
Learners are encouraged to speak and communicate from day one, rather than just barking out repetitive phrases.
Learners practice the target language a number of times, slowly building on accuracy.
Language is created by the individual, often through trial and error.
The advantage is that we can be very creative and students or teachers can find it easy or hard to follow a certain lesson plan.
ReplyDeleteThe disadvantage is that not everyone have access to a computer, so sometimes it becomes hard to communicate what we have in our lesson plan. Communication is the most important to have in our lesson plan and it should be easy for anyone to follow.
In my opinion I would say that Communicative Language Approach bring the best out of students in means of communicating in different 'meaningful' situations.
ReplyDeleteThe disadvantage of this particular approach is mostly placed on the shoulders of teachers. The 'intuition' of choosing what to teach verses what not to teach, or spending more time on a certain lesson and less on another.
I think e-portfolios are a wonderful tech tool. It is good that it is used in college for by then students are supposed to be more computer oriented. It would be wonderful if GPSS could afford to put computers in the classrooms but the reality of it is very bleak. There are still a lot of schools without computers and so we can't expect students to be computer oriented if we do not provide computers for them. It will be a very long time before we can actually have computers where students can be allowed to work with. In the mean time we still have to stick with just regular portfolios.
ReplyDeleteThe advantages of using the 'communicative approach' for lesson planning in my opinion is that students are able to have a one to one instruction with the teacher. However, not all students are audio learners and the disadvantages in this regard is that 'communicative approach' would not service the other types of learners and this is where multi-media lesson plan with audio would be a great tool.
ReplyDeleteWhat are the advantages and disadvantages of using the 'communicative approach' for lesson planning?
Communicative approach is one way for L2 learners to learn the target languae. It advantages is to develop them, L2 learners, to acquire fluency and able to communicate better among themselves or with the native speakers.
ReplyDeleteIt's disadvantage is that it will take time for them to learn the language. Besides, they will feel unsecure(the slow learners) if they communicate and make mistakes. This is a typically true within the Chuukese students.