| Communicative Language Teaching | | | | in ELT in which another professor and I team teach |
| Previously, in one of my articles I stated that I use the | | | | the use of CALL, multi-media, realia and other tools in |
| communicative language teaching through two | | | | the EFL / ESL classroom. The course is taught in |
| approaches. The two approaches mentioned were:o | | | | English but it is not an English course. The focus is on |
| Content-Based Instruction (CBI)o Task-Based language | | | | learning the use and application of additional technology |
| teaching (TBLT) | | | | and techniques by "technology-challenged" teachers. |
| Advantages of Each One | | | | An example of TBLT |
| Two good references to consult in this area would be | | | | An example of TBLT on the other hand, would be |
| "Approaches and Methods in English Language | | | | having learners use the English language to complete |
| Teaching" by Jack C. Richards and Theodore S. | | | | an activity or perform a task. If I concept-check that |
| Rodgers (CUP 2001) and "Second Language Teaching | | | | Chinese language learners know the needed Chinese |
| and Learning" by David Nunan (Heinle & Heinle | | | | to do so, then send them to a Chinese restaurant to |
| 1999). I think both of these are widely available and | | | | interact with the staff and other diners and have lunch, |
| cover communicative approaches to EFL and foreign | | | | that would be TBLT. |
| language learning in extensive detail. | | | | Based on the learners' needs, location, intrinsic and |
| In a recent article post I went into the definition and | | | | extrinsic motivational factors, among others, both |
| differences in the two approaches in more detail. But | | | | approaches would have advantages and |
| to briefly speak on it here, an example of CBI would | | | | disadvantages. I'll elaborate on this a bit more later, in |
| be when I'm teaching a course on 21st Century Tools | | | | upcoming article posts. |