1. Approaches to Language Teaching
and
CLT
William E. Yugsán
April 8, 2015

2. Spoken or written language in texts or groups of sentences.
Discourse
Spoken or written language in texts or groups of sentences.
Task
An activity that learners complete.
problem-solving activities
educators need to build in variety the moment they plan their lessons and class activities and poetry is …
Project work
Information gap

3. Authentic material (Communicative Approaches)
Written or spoken texts which a first language speaker might read or listen to.
Realia
Before the definition of poetry some impressions first
Real objects such as clothes, menus, timetables and leaflets that can be brought into the classroom for a range of purposes.

4. Target Language (Guided Discovery)
Exposure (TPR)
When learners listen to or read language without being consciously aware of it.
Target Language (Guided Discovery)
1. The language which is the focus of the lesson or a part of the lesson. It could be grammar, lexis, functions or
pronunciation.
the diversity of things to be conveyed using poetry also shows the magnitude of its resources
2. The language being studied (often called the L2).

5. Acquisition (CLIL)
To learn a language without studying it, just by hearing and/or reading and then using it. This is the way people
usually learn their first language.
Cognitive (processes) (CLIL)
The mental processes involved in thinking, understanding and learning.

6. Communicative Language Teaching
Communicative competence Richards (2006)
Aspects of language knowledge
* Knowing how to use language for a range of different purposes and functions
* Knowing how to vary our use of language according to the setting and the participants (e.g., appropriacy, formal and informal speech )
* Knowing how to produce and understand different types of texts (e.g., narratives, reports, interviews, conversations)
* Knowing how to maintain communication despite having limitations in one’s language knowledge

7. Text types emails plays love letters text messages Recipes Brochures
Instructions
Flyers
notices
Reports
Reviews
Dialogues
Postcards
Invitations
Interviews fairy tales
plays
text messages
Brochures
Posters
photo story
short story
Odes
Limericks
News
movie plot
Summary
News ads