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St no.30696232
Module code: ENGV 411
Lecturer: Me Chalmers

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How visuals selected support Communicative Approach

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How visuals to support Communicative Approach

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There are four aspects of this approach which are meant to be extrapolated by the teacher in the classroom. These aspects are linguistic, sociolinguistic, strategic and discourse.

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This is concerned with knowing grammar rules and applying them correctly, for instance, a knowledge on how to use a grammar structure of Subject-object-verb should count as a linguistic competence. In class this is typically done before fluency tasks so learners may grasp important grammar concepts.

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Important principles of Communicative approach

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Important principles of Communicative approach

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-linguistic competence is important, however alone is not enough so three other competencies are necessary for developing communicative competence.
-In any lesson using this approach it is necessary to incorporate four basic communicative skills, namely: reading, listening, speaking and writing.
-When creating tasks, teacher should use his/her discretion to promote either basic interpersonal communication skills (BICS) or Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP). In schools where English is a Language Of Teaching and Learning (LOLT) it is important to develop CALP.
-Fluency and accuracy are important, when a teacher creates an activity he/she should consider whether it is fluency based or accuracy based.
-This approach requires learners to participate actively, it is learner-centered. Learners should have an opportunity to speak the target language extensively, this means it is important to pair learners and group them for these lessons.
-Tasks performed in class should enable the learner to communicate in real life situations, and for this to happen learners need to have internalised grammar rules subconsciously because when speaking its impossible to think of every rule.

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This places focus on how linguistic structures operate in real life situations, this competence says language should work effectively and be appropriate to the social setting. In an interview one would be expected to use formal language and in a friendship discussion one would use informal language like slang. Each context has a manner in which language is use, thereby providing language with a social role.

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Instilling vocal and non-vocal mechanisms in an alert state for the purpose of communicating an idea when spot on linguistic forms are unavailable. When a person cannot reproduce the same word he/she will use a strategy to compensate for that inability, for instance, a

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Skill on how to merge grammar and intended meaning to produce a united spoken or written text. This is done across varying genres of texts such as narrative/argumentative essay, a letter and an advert.

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Examples of Activities in Communicative Approach

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Examples of Activities in Communicative Approach

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1. Debate: Learners can be divided into two groups, proposing team and opposing team. They will argue for/or against a motion/topic.

2. Drama: Learners can perform a play from prescribed texts in groups.

3. News reporting: Learners can present news, they can be assigned the roles or news anchors and weather reporters, thereby instilling communication.

4. Rephrasing exercises: Learners can be shown videos to summarize in their own words thereby paraphrasing.

5. Role playing: Learners can act out a particular scenario they are assigned.

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Communicative approach emphasizes the need to teach communicative competence.

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Communicative approach emphasizes the need to teach communicative competence.

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Language is important for socializing in this regard. Deviates from grammar-based approaches that do not teach learners to communicate in target language (the grammar which teaches vocabulary and language structures in isolation). Tasks designed by the teacher here equip learners with ability to converse in real life situations that arise, this is not artificial but rather, natural. Learners use real life tasks like requesting, providing instructions and explaining.

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Animation on YouTube summarizing Communicative Approach

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Animation on YouTube summarizing Communicative Approach

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We can surmise from this video that in Communicative language meaning is of primary importance and grammar is of secondary importance.

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This is a feature of this approach, in these tasks one person/party has a bit of information and the other party needs this information in other to finish a certain task. For instance, making an appointment.

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American English.  2013, 25 Jan.  Language Teaching Methods: Communicative Approach. [YouTube Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kRT-rsKxn4 Date of access: 07 Apr. 2022.

Linguatec.  2013, 7 Mar.  Communicative language teaching. [YouTube Video]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfhB7fqg4BI&t=7s Date of access: 08 Apr. 2022.

Van der Walt, C., Kilfoil, W. R.& Evans, R.  2009. Learn 2 teach: English language teaching in a multilingual context. 4th ed. Pretoria: Van Schaik.