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10. Personal writing
Write a journal entry, recording your thoughts and impressions of this 
activity. Recall how you felt when you first heard the story and how you 
felt during the discussion. Reflect on what you learned about agreeing and 
disagreeing in English. 
 
SUMMARY
Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) might provide language 
teachers an insight to create their own teaching theory/philosophy. Addi-
tionally, language teaching experts recognize that CLT is not something to 
achieve or model to replace teaching. Instead, the concepts and principles 
of CLT should be examined and thought about how to be adapted to your 
own context. 
HOMEWORK TASK SEVEN
Look at the lesson plan from Homework Task One. Identify principles 
and features of Communicative Language Teaching in the lesson and then, 
write a rationale (1 page) about it.

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RESOURCES
1. Larsen-Freeman, D., & M. Anderson (2016). Techniques & Principles in 
Language Teaching
. Oxford University Press.
2. Richards, J. & Rodgers, T. (2001) Approaches and Methods in Lan-
guage Teaching: A description and analysis.
(2nd ed.) New York, NY: 
Cambridge University Press.
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New York: Oxford University 
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4. Howatt, A. 1984. A History of English Language Teaching. Oxford: Ox-
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5. Larsen-Freeman, D., & Anderson, M. (2016). Techniques & principles in 
language teaching
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6. Klapper, J. (2003). ‘Taking communication to task? A critical review 
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7. Richards, J. & Rodgers, T. (2001). Approaches and methods in lan-
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(2nd ed.) New York, NY: 
Cambridge University Press.
8. Richards, J. C. (2006). Communicative Language Teaching Today. 
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(Retrieved on February 26th, 2018).

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