The Communicative Approach

Learning is viewed as an impact on behaviour, attitude, assumptions, confidence and world view of the learner, thus one can discover that behaviourism and the humanistic approach have several elements in common.

In communication, there are three different approaches: social science, interpretive, and critical. All three approaches differ greatly in their paradigms, or belief systems, on how the study of communication should be approached. Of the three approaches, the Interpretive Approach is the one that suits me the best. Why you might ask? Simply put, it just makes sense. The interpretive Approach, also referred to as the Humanistic Approach, is looking at communication through a system of thoughts that celebrate human nature and it’s potential. Simply put, this approach looks specifically at human nature as it pertains to a specific person, or specific group, as a whole rather than the general consensus. As with the other methods, the Interpretive Approach has it’s own assumptions, theories and methods, ethical issues, and strengths and limitations.

During this term, various forms of assignments are provided for enhancing our communication skills in this course. The UNST goal of Communication is about to enhance our capacity to communicate through different ways, including writing, technologies, and working with others in the group work. With the innovation of technology, we are allowed to communicate through technologies, such as Internet. Since this is a fully online course, they only way that we can communicate with one another is non-verbal discussion through the Internet.

Language arose out of a need to communicate ideas and commands. Initially it was very basic, but in its current form language is very complex. It a adapted to the changing need of speakers. In this sense, language is a living entity which evolves in response to the changing cultural context in which it exists. Because language evolves in response to culture, the full quality of its meaning is derived from understanding the context in which it takes place. Educators must be aware of the sociocultural nature of language, understanding that language cannot be viewed as stagnant or removed from its context. This has implications for the ways that educators think about, understand and teach language, so that students have an appreciation for

During this semester in English 250, the communicative works I have completed in this course have improved in both sophistication and overall completeness. In this reflection, I will review the work I had completed throughout the semester and analyze how I have grown as a communicator. I will first analyze and reflect on my communicative habits and processes, and then analyze my communicative development relating to the WOVE modes.

Students can get confused and will not know which aspect of the context is relevant in the interaction. Some find it useful to divide linguistic and non-linguistic elements, and elements, which are in the immediate context and those, which provide a broader background against which an utterance is interpreted. At class, we can also divide it this way, and each time we want to use the context, we will first distinguish between the linguistic and non-linguistic elements. In addition, we will start from the immediate context since most of the time we will not need more than that. If we still find something missing, we will continue to the broader

This method has its roots in communicative language approach where teaching is done completely through communicative tasks rather than focusing on grammatical

Have you chosen one of the best ways to teach your students today? Which one did you prepare? It will be better to choose Communicative Language Teaching as one of the approaches in teaching English. Communicative Language Teaching or CLT derived from communicative competence (Hymes, 1971). It is a teaching approach which has goals, teachers and learners’ roles, process of learning language, and also can facilitate learning activities (Richards, 2006). CLT underlines interaction between students. In the Communicative Language Teaching classroom, the teacher has a role as a facilitator who will only facilitate the learning process, not become a model. Moreover, the students are going to be more active in learning the language (Richards, 2006). Thus, CLT is a

Accepting language and communication as the heart of human experience in the academe, all students will develop a level of proficiency in at least one other language. To succeed, all students must study language and culture in an integrated fashion in order to use the language with appropriate meaning and correct interpretation. (Kitis 2004), for purposes of global relevance, many students come to college looking for classes that will help them build successful and interesting careers as teachers, business people, communicators, scientists, and some others. It is their conviction that they can grow intellectually, can change the world, or can change themselves when they are successful in learning other languages and cultures..

first one refers to knowing how to use the grammar, syntax, and vocabulary of a

Language study has been essential in my life for years; although, it gradually became one of the main parts through various events, such as: travelling, going abroad to study, and teaching. During my studies, travels and year abroad, I became aware of the fact that language is much more than just a combination of letters, it is a powerful tool that can allow one to be immersed in a foreign culture. Moreover, during my time teaching I have realized that teaching is difficult, tiresome, and complicated; yet, it is what I want to do in my life.

Therefore the lesson may focus on a variety of linguistic forms to teach how to carry out a function. The culture is daily life of the native speakers. Non verbal behavior the body language has a significant role in teaching culture since it may change from culture to culture. Meaning is central to learning the language. It should be conveyed through visual aids realia model sentences and context. The students first language is very rarely used since the medium of instruction is in the target language. The students need as much exposure to the target language as they can get in order to become successful learners of that language. This is supported by considerable evidence both the quantity and quality of target language input are crucial factors in foreign second language learning.( Richards, Jack. 2002) Communicative language teaching can be said to have several benefits and strong aspects for language teaching and learning. For one thing it established real life social situations where the students have the chance to interact in the target language practicing the meaning function relationship therefore the students can learn to speak the target language fluently expressing their own thoughts and ideas more easily

How can the Communicative Approach along with Modern Day Communication Technology Influence Language and Literacy Development?

Learning a new language can either be based on necessity or the willingness to learn a new language. Whether a student/adult care for the language or not, it is becoming very important in the process of obtaining a better job, or the need to learn a new culture. There are many concepts and ideas that go alongside the process of learning a new language. For that reason, this essay will try to explain through research why and how people learn English as a foreign language with the help of a former student.

In light of such an outlook, in the late 20th Century, D.A.Wilkins came up with Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) which was aiming towards obtaining and harping on the communicative competence of a second language learner. Whereby as per Brown (2007) “learner is facilitated in lifelong language learning” (Brown 2007, p.46)