Communicative Language Teaching

Erick Carrillo

Main components

language competence(phonetic, grammatical, lexical, spelling)

speech competence

socio-cultural competence

Students roles

students navigates choises; constructs meaning

Teacher roles

planner, informer, manager, involver, diagnostician, language resourse, facilitator councellor, monitor assessor

Activities for age group

games, quizes, audiovisual, demonstration, projects, lego, charads, drawing, comic strip re-wriles

Advantage

collaboration between students and teachers, transfer of knowledge and skills for improvement, an ability to use language to communicate in real life

Disadvantage

small accent on pronunciation and grammar mistakes; concentration on free comunication; more control for primary grades; requires high-quality teacher monitoring activities