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VIEWS AND BELIEVE ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING

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VIEWS AND BELIEVE ABOUT TEACHING AND LEARNING

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Using Creative teaching strategies

Tasks should be challenging yet achievable for students
Positive learner environment gives students more opportunities to learn.
Integrating the 4C's
Use communication for a range of purposes
Learning shouldn't take place in isolation

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THEORIES THAT UNDERPIN THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

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THEORIES THAT UNDERPIN THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

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CONSTRUCTIVSM The communicative approach is a constructivist theory based on the believes of constructivist learning this entails that learners does not only receive and process information, but actively creates and shape their own perceptions of the world. Personal experience is important. There is an emphasis on real-life scenarios. Learners build on existing knowledge. New knowledge is added to the learners existing knowledge and the learning process is active rather than passive.
HUMANISM
There is an emphasis on learners’ affective responses to learning. Learning is not merely intellectual, but emotional. If learners are stressed, sad or frightened, they will not learn

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PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF THIS APPROACH IN THE CLASSROOM

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PRACTICAL EXAMPLES OF THIS APPROACH IN THE CLASSROOM

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Role plays- Activities in which students are assigned roles and improvises a scene or exchange information based on given information or clues
Information gap: Each group member has information that is vital for successful completion of the task. Learners have to rely on one another to be able to complete the task successfully.

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The teacher acts as facilitator during this learner-centered approach and interrupts or assist when necessary. The teacher can be seen as a partner during group activities.
The lessons are learner-centered during this approach meaning the learner is responsible for the teaching and learning process, while working in groups. Rather than relying on the teacher as a model, they relying on the significant other during the lesson.

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PRINCIPALS OF THE COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH
The emphasis is on meaning than fluency
Communication includes the integration of different language skills.
This approach allows learners to learn from their mistakes, it involves trials and errors.
Enables learners to use grammar correctly( eg. in order to form grammatically correct sentences) but importantly to know when and where to use the sentences.
It involves applying the different language skills in English lessons.
Integrating the four skills is important when using the communicative approach.

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Approach: Communicative language teaching: Suggest that when learning a language, it is expected of a learner to have a great deal of exposure to the target language. The learner should have many opportunities to practice the language. Learners learn  this acquired language and improve by reading and writing a lot. 

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Approach: Communicative language teaching: Suggest that when learning a language, it is expected of a learner to have a great deal of exposure to the target language. The learner should have many opportunities to practice the language. Learners learn  this acquired language and improve by reading and writing a lot. 