Reflect learning of Seminar in English Language Teaching,The end of CLT:a context approach to the language teaching (Blog 12)

The end of CLT: a context approach to the language teaching 

On April 18, 2017.

Today, we learned about "The end of CLT: a context approach to the language teaching" and the teacher lets us worked in group and discussed about what is CLT, the main goal of CLT,and the advantage and disadvantage of CLT, Components of Communicative Competence. After that each group sent the representative to present in front of the class.

What is CLT (communicative language learning)?

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach to the teaching second and foreign language that emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of learning a language. It is also referred to as “communicative approach to the teaching of foreign languages” or simply the “Communicative Approach”.

What is the main goal of CLT?

The main goal of CLT is to develop the communicative competence of the learners in the classroom, and make learner’s are involved in the learning process so that language develops automatically.

 The advantage and disadvantage of CLT

Advantage:The interaction between students and teachers.
                   To pass on the basic knowledge and ability to skillfully combine the development.

                   Greatly enhanced the student’s interest.

Disadvantage: Not real

                        Classroom Environment (too many students)
                        Focusing too much on oral skills

                        Wu (2011) study also highlights that difficulties included:

          - Students’ lack of motivation for developing communicative competence

          - Low English proficiency, and resistance to class participation

          - Insufficient funding and lack of support.

Components of Communicative Competence
Grammatical Competence

Grammatical competence, which refers to Chomsky's notion of linguistic competence, is indispensable for the practice of linguistic formation of the language. The focus is on suitable structure which helps the learners to use the language appropriately and freely.

Sociolinguistic Competence

Sociolinguistic competence refers to an understanding of the social context in which communication takes place, including role-relationships, the shared information of the participants and the communicative purpose for their interaction.

Discourse Competence

Discourse competence refers to the interpretation of individual message elements in terms of their inter-connectedness and of how meaning is represented in relationship to the entire discourse or text.

Strategic Competence

Strategic competence refers to the coping strategies that communicators employ to initiate, terminate, maintain, repair, and re-direct communication.

In CLT classrooms, the teachers need to create activities that would necessitate learners to practice well in the target language.

For today, I got a lot of knowledge about CLT and I like to learn on discussion because it made me share idea and got some ideas from my friends. This lesson I am not find any difficult because my teacher taught very clearly. I like to learn with her very much.