trying to study through blogging.

okay this is quite lame but i think this is one way of forcing myself to study.

i can't help to blog or tweet so yeah, let's just combine studying and online session,shall we?.

okay.

today's lesson is going to cover on chapter 3 (PELT).

let's start with Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Theories behind CLT:

1. social, cultural and pragmatic features of language.

2. real-life communication in the classroom.

3. linguistic fluency rather than accuracy.

4. equipping unrehearsed lang. performance.

5. lifelong language learning.

6. cooperative learning.

6 characteristics of CLT

1. focus on all components of communicative competence (grammatical, dscourse, functional, sociolinguistic & strategic) - must be parallel with the pragmatic function of the language.

2. language techniques are designed to engage learners in the pragmatic, functional use of language for meaningful purposes.

3. fluency and accuracy are complementary principles. fluency is more important than accuracy.

4. language is used productively and receptively, in unrehearsed contexts outside the classroom.

5. focus on the students' own learning processes thru an understandigng of their own styles of learning and thru the development of appropriate strategies for autonomous learning.

6. teacher's role = facilitator and guide. students construct meaning thru linguistic interaction with others.

okayy..

am gonna stop here, i guess.

i usually write the notes down on paper over and over again till i got several copies of the same note.

but then i realized that hand writing works better than typing.

but then we should use less paper for the betterment of mother nature.

hmmph.whatever.

kthanksbye.