I learned about CLT. Teacher assigned me to found the research or journal about communicative approach and then I found and summarize that first, CLT is approachto teach foreign or second language which emphasize communicative competence and interaction. Then the aim is develop procedure of four skill. second, characteristics of CLT are the learners can use language accurately and appropriately, teacher is a person who manages the environment and helps the learners to become autunomouse, The learners can use language and authentic materials, the activities have to share information, negotiation meaning and interaction. third, principles of CLT are learning understand meaning and show by speaking or writing, interaction between teacher and learner and learner and learner, teacher assign pair work and group work, the tasks suit with learner's level and they interest their title. Next, Role of the teachers are teacher is facilitator, and guide and evaluate both accuracy and fluency. Moreover, teaching Method are teacher teach grammar in context such as tech about present c. teacher have to act or show picture so, the learner will get. Furthermore, Role of teacher teacher is facilitator and don't interupt while learner do the activities teacher should tell them after activities. In addition, Role of learners they do individual work more than group work. After that Advantages, learner practice speak because they like their title that they like, learner Then disadvantage are learners don't understand native teacher but they understand non native speaker, It's emphasize fluency than accuracy. All of these show that learner can use communicative in their daily life by using activities such as dramas, role play, game etc. It's about the research of Stephen Bax Who disagree with CLT.
He disagree with CLT because many countries don't use CLT but the learners have good English such as Japan Czech Republic Holland and Taiwan. Then CLT focus communication but don't focus content. Furthermore, CLT activities long time. The author think that learning not focus only communication but focus content and context also. Moreover. if we would like to use CLT in EFL we have to realize about context such as students needs, student styles /strategy, coursebook, local conditions, classroom culture, school culture, national culture, the time of teaching, class size and teacher style etc. In addition teacher summarize communicative approach again
Goal of communicative to enable learners to develop communicative competence in order to use the target language. Next, there are 4 competence such as Grammatical/linguistic competence Discourse competence Sociolinguistic /pragmatic competence and Strategic competence. Then classroom activities tasks about share information and negotiate meaning, activities problem-solving, role play, simulation, and games, pair and group work. Next, teacher role are facilitator, organize resource and guide, researcher, analyst, and counselor. Next, role of learner is centredness such as Enhancing learner autonomy, have responsibility, learner design language activities and both teacher and students assessment and evaluation. Finally, Constraints of CLT are focus on fluency than accuracy, learner and teacher role cultural appropriate ESL and ESL, students lack of target language, traditional teaching and learning cultures, lack of learning resource and class size.
The thing that I think difficult is organize time to read the research. I use long tome to read each article because I found meaning of the word.
I think I try to practice to read and I can organize time after.
I think when teacher summarize on power point it's easy to understand about CLT more than I read by myself.
I still fun and excited when I learn.
