COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH The communicative approach was developed by Robert Langs‚ a revolutionary psychoanalyst who is the author of 47 hands-on books on emotional life‚ the human condition‚ dreams‚ and the evolved design and operations of the emotion-processing mind. His books are written for both the general public and mental health professionals. They are distinguished by his highly original approach to the human mind and by the recognition of its extremely influential unconscious activities
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The Communicative Approach was founded by Robert Langs.. Psychoanalysis has turned reality on its head: We are taught to think of ourselves as distorters and misperceivers‚ unreliable slaves to our inner fantasies - especially when we are patients in therapy. But the communicative approach has shown that it is more accurate and compelling to see ourselves as highly reliable perceivers‚ with the understanding that our most valid perceptions are experienced unconsciously and encoded in the stories
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Communicative Body The focal point of this past year‚ 2012‚ has been the presidential election. After twelve months of being bombarded with every and all types of political advertisements‚ debates‚ and analysis it brings to mind a single question: just how do the presidential candidates use the power of communication‚ through its many forms‚ to connect and gain the votes of the constituents? It may seem as though there is a straight forward answer to this particular question‚ and to a point
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teaching and language testing. There has been a shift from analytical to integrative approach in both language teaching and language testing falling into three stages: ❖ Grammar –translation ❖ Structural ❖ Communicative Approach These three generations of language teaching are seen parallel to three generations of language testing. Through this shift‚ new ideas about language testing and new ways of evaluating the performance of language learners have
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Communicative Language Teaching The aim of this unit • To make you think about communicative approach to teaching languages • To analyse the concept of communicative competence • To reflect upon the communicative teaching techniques What do you have to do in this unit? • Warming up discussions • Input reading • Self-assessment questions (SAQS) • Exploratory tasks • Integrated task Warming up discussion 0 Warm up the concept of a “communicative situation” (situation‚ in which
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101 / X / SA2 / 22 / B1 Class - X ENGLISH (Communicative) Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 80 Total No. of Pages : 9 The Question Paper is divided into four sections : Section A : Reading 20 Marks Section B : Writing 20 Marks Section C : Grammar 20 Marks Section D : Literature 20 Marks General Instructions : 1. All questions are compulsory. 2. You may attempt any section at a time. 3. All questions of a particular section must
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Introduction Reading ability is very difficult to assess accurately. In the communicative competence model‚ a student’s reading level is the level at which that student is able to use reading to accomplish communication goals. This means that assessment of reading ability needs to be correlated with purposes for reading. The ability to read proficiently is a fundamental skill that affects the learning experiences and school performance of children and adolescents. Students who are competent
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CHAPTER 1 READING AND VOCABULARY 1.1 BUILDING VOCABULARY FOCUSING ON SYNONYM‚ ANTONYM AND HOMONYM What is a Synonym? A synonym is a word or expression that has the same or almost the same meaning as another word or expression. The noun “synonym” means “equivalent words”. The word “synonym” is a composite of two Greek words: The prefix “syn” means “together” and “onoma” is “name.” In English‚ a language known for its enormous vocabulary‚ most words have synonyms. Words that are synonyms
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We all know that English is considered as the universal language. But most of the countries use it as their second language. First‚ it is a way of communication in business‚ negotiations & especially in academics. It plays an important role in the basic education‚ particularly to speaking and writing. Indeed English proficiency pertains to the ability to speak‚ read and write in English. To be considered as truly proficient‚ you should have an advanced skill in this. English
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Review of Literature Strategic competence‚ which is one of the major components of communicative competence‚ is‚ as a number of researchers believe‚ widely neglected by language course books and teachers. This component is relevant to one’s mother and target languages‚ for communication breakdowns might occur in both situations and they must be overcome. Yet it is of crucial importance for foreign language learners because it involves strategies to be used whenever communication is difficult. To
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