TEFL Certification Test: Quiz!

Check 2 of the characteristics of the CLT approach.

• The introduction of authentic texts into the learning situation.

• The uses of material appropriate for each learner, focused on the students personal needs.

• The use of different activities that will engage students with different types of intelligence.

• An attempt to link classroom language learning with language activities outside the classroom.

This is the activity that I use a real conversation and ask them to repeat and act as if it was a real conversation.

In this activity, I give them reading with spaces that have words missing. Then they listen to real listening, video, and complete the missing words.

In this activity, the students take the role of teachers.

In this activity I have to ask questions to different people: maybe I write down their answers.

CLT is usually characterized as a broad approach to teaching, rather than as a teaching method with a clearly defined set of classroom practices. As such, it is most often defined as a list of general principles or features. One of the most recognized of these lists is David Nunan’s (1991) five features of CLT:

1. An emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in the target language.
2. The introduction of authentic texts into the learning situation.
3. The provision of opportunities for learners to focus, not only on language but also on the learning process itself.
4. An enhancement of the learner’s own personal experiences as important contributing elements to classroom learning.
5. An attempt to link classroom language learning with language activities outside the classroom.

  These are some characteristics of the CLT approach.  WRITE AN SCRIPT FOR AN ACTIVITY IN THE CLASSROOM. EXPLAIN HOW YOUR CLASS FULFILLS ALL THE 5 CHARACTERISTICS GIVEN IN THIS QUESTION.

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