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learinf engkish

1. W hy t h e c o mm un i c a t i v e approach? W hat a r e s o m e k e y principles? H ow can a test be made communicative? Food for thought :

2. Why the communicative approach to language learning and assessment?

3. Rod Ellis, University of A uckland Rod Ellis is a Kenneth W. Mildenberger Prize -winning British linguist. He is currently a research professor in the School of Education, at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. He is also a professor at Anaheim University, where he serves as the Vice president of academic affairs. Ellis is an emeritus professor of the University of Auckland. He has also been elected as a fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

4. Ellis defines the key features of a task as being: A workplan: there is a set of teaching materials and activities which are designated for the learning process. A primary focus on meaning: there is a gap of communication or reason that must be filled through interaction. Students are given the freedom to use the language of their choosing rather than focusing on grammatical form. A real world process of language: the task can take the form of an interaction that is likely or less than likely to happen in the real world. The language process should exhibit real-world communication. One that involves any of the four languages skills (reading, writing, listening or speaking). One that engages cognitive processes: students must utilize cognitive processes through their engagement with the task, such as ordering, analyzing and selecting. A clearly defined communicative outcome: the goal of the activity includes a non-linguistic negotiation for meaning. David Nunan and Graham Crookes TASK-BASED LEARNING TEACHING