Time: 80 minutes Key Terms: audio-lingual method, drilling, deductive and inductive methods Task

LESSON 6
Topic: Communicative language teaching method
Aims: to gain a practical understanding of communicative language teaching method and learn when to use them appropriately.
Time: 80 minutes
Key Terms: audio-lingual method, drilling, deductive and inductive methods
Task 1. Read the text and translate it into Uzbek / Russian
Communicative language teaching (CLT), or the communicative approach, is an approach to language teaching that emphasizes interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of study.
Language learners in environments utilizing CLT techniques, learn and practice the target language through the interaction with one another and the instructor, the study of "authentic texts" (those written in the target language for purposes other than language learning), and through the use of the language both in class and outside of class.
Learners converse about personal experiences with partners, and instructors teach topics outside of the realm of traditional grammar, in order to promote language skills in all types of situations. This method also claims to encourage learners to incorporate their personal experiences into their language learning environment, and to focus on the learning experience in addition to the learning of the target language.

According to CLT, the goal of language education is the ability to communicate in the target language. This is in contrast to previous views in which grammatical competence was commonly given top priority. CLT also focuses on the teacher being a facilitator, rather than an instructor. Furthermore, the approach is a non-methodical system that does not use a textbook series to teach the target language, but rather works on developing sound oral/verbal skills prior to reading and writing.

It was Noam Chomsky's theories in the 1960s, focusing on competence and performance in language learning, that gave rise to communicative language teaching, but the conceptual basis for CLT was laid in the 1970s by linguists Michael Halliday, who studied how language functions are expressed through grammar, and Dell Hymes, who introduced the idea of a wider communicative competence instead of Chomsky's narrower linguistic competence.

Task 2. Answer the following questions

1. What is the communicative language teaching method (Approach)?
2. What kind of principles of communicative language teaching method do you know?
3. What kind of activities do you know?
4. What is the difference between audio-lingual method and communicative language teaching method?
5. What kind of characteristic features of the communicative language teaching method do you know?
6. What can you tell us the additional information about communicative language teaching method?

Task 3. Read the following principles of the Communicative Language Teaching Method in teaching English and put marks (+ I know), (-

you)

1	Language learning is learning to communicate using the target language.
2	The language used to communicate must be appropriate to the situation, the roles of the speakers, the setting and the register. The learner needs to differentiate between a formal and an informal style.
3	Communicative activities are essential. Activities should be presented in a situation or context and have a communicative purpose. Typical activities of this approach are: games, problem-solving tasks, and role-play. There should be information gap, choice and feedback involved in the activities.
4	Learners must have constant interaction with and exposure to the target language.
5	Development of the four macro skills speaking, listening, reading and writing is integrated from the beginning, since communication integrates the different skills.
6	The topics are selected and graded regarding age, needs, level, and interest.
7	the beginning of the lesson
8	The role of the teacher is that of a guide, a facilitator or an instructor.
9	Trial and error is considered part of the learning process.
10	fluency.