CUHK Faculty of Education PGDE 2006 2007 SCT

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) 1. • • Presentation of lesson conducted by CLT Recaps

Background of our class • Band 1 EMI school • Co-ed secondary • Secondary

Recaps Do you still remember? ? ? Some…Something…Somebody…Someone…? ? ? Any…Anything…Anybody…Anyone…? ? ? No…Nothing…Nobody…No

Game Time!!! Situation: • Richie Mansion • Robberies • Done by the same person

Now, please form into groups of four. Two will be the policeman/policewomen while two

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) What implications/what can we learn from the game? ? ?

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) • • • Use indefinite pronouns Convey ideas and information

Summary of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) • Expression of meaning or interaction or communication. • Focus

Pros • Great autonomy, no fixed syllabus • Replicate real communication • Information gap:

Cons • Uncontrolled range of language Ss may use some wrong form • T

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CUHK Faculty of Education PGDE 2006 -2007 SCT – English (F/T Secondary) Seminar on Methods and Approaches Pang Wing Yan Winnie Tam Long Mei Ronnie Wong Suet Fan Karen

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) 1. • • Presentation of lesson conducted by CLT Recaps on previous lessons Game session 2. • • Summary of CLT General idea of CLT Pros and cons of CLT 3. Discussion session

Background of our class • Band 1 EMI school • Co-ed secondary • Secondary 3 students • Able to master English well (written and orally)

Recaps Do you still remember? ? ? Some…Something…Somebody…Someone…? ? ? Any…Anything…Anybody…Anyone…? ? ? No…Nothing…Nobody…No one…? ? ?

Game Time!!! Who’s the Thief? ? ?

Game Time!!! Situation: • Richie Mansion • Robberies • Done by the same person Tasks: • Policeman/policewoman • Ask residents questions • Find out who’s the thief “Regulations”: • You can ask any relevant question, but you have to use the quantifiers (some…any…no…)

Suspects

Now, please form into groups of four. Two will be the policeman/policewomen while two will be the residents of the Richie Mansion.

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) What implications/what can we learn from the game? ? ?

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) • • • Use indefinite pronouns Convey ideas and information Open an interaction Confidence Keenness Sensitivity

Summary of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) • Expression of meaning or interaction or communication. • Focus on functional skills and linguistics objectives. E. g. to report a robbery using indefinite pronouns (someone, anyone etc. ) and general English knowledge (give answers to different types of questions and basic sentence structure).

Pros • Great autonomy, no fixed syllabus • Replicate real communication • Information gap: encourages Ss to take an active role in the activity. • Activity can lessen the tense atmosphere of classrooms. • Enable Ss to practice different language items in English.

Cons • Uncontrolled range of language Ss may use some wrong form • T cannot listen to the entire conversation of every Ss hard to correct their mistake • More emphasis on fluency than accuracy grammar lost.

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