Cort Community College on the use of communicative language games for teaching and learning English. The participants for this study were eight English teachers in the college. A survey using an 18-item questionnaire was designed in order to analyse the participants’ views on the use of communicative language games in English lessons. Results showed that English teachers from Henry Cort Community College generally appreciated the benefits and value of communicative game activities in teaching English
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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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Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) ‘Communicative Language Teaching approach evolves as a prominent language teaching methods and gradually replaced the previous grammar-translation method and Audio-lingual method”. -(Warschauer & Kem 2000) Category Elaboration Note Theory of Language Language is a system for the expression of meaning: primary function-interaction and communication. Theory of Learning Activities involving real communication; carrying out meaningful to the learner
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On Developing Students’ Communicative Competence Lou Ruijuan Most Chinese students‚ especially those with low foreign language levels‚ are used to memorizing the language but reluctant to speak in the target language. They may be familiar with the sentence patterns but do not know how to start and end a conversation and how to express themselves in a particular situation. So it is a main task for a teacher to develop students’ communicative competence. I. Obstacles in Communication While it is difficult
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Communicative Competence refers to the ability of understanding‚ producing‚ and interpreting the different Communicative events taking into account not only their explicit sense (what it seems to be more immediate for us)‚ but also its implications; Linguistic Competence: it refers to the ability of producing utterances in an efficient way in all its grammatical levels. It is formed by these competences: lexical‚ grammatical‚ semantic‚ phonologic and orthographic competence. That is to say‚ what
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TEN WAYS THAT CULTURE CAN AFFECT YOUR NEGOTIATION by Jeswald W. Salacuse Governance | September / October 2004 Share on emailEmail Share on twitterShare on Twitter Share on facebookPost to Facebook Share on linkedinShare on LinkedIn Share on deliciousSave to Delicious Share on instapaperSave to Instapaper When Enron was still – and only – a pipeline company‚ it lost a major contract in India because local authorities felt that it was pushing negotiations too fast. In fact‚ the loss of the contract
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COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING: A PROFESSIONAL CHALLENGE FOR THE ENGLISH TEACHER EDGAR ALIRIO INSUASTY Communicative Language Teaching or Communicative Approach (CA) can be defined as one of the most widespread and prevailing pedagogical options to conduct a language lesson. It has brought a lot of important contributions to the professional field of language teaching. To start with‚ let’s mention its emphasis‚ unlike Audiolingual Method‚ on developing learners’ Communicative Competence rather
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Language Education 7:30-10:30 am / Sat. & Sun. _____________________________________________________________________________________ I. REFLECTION A. Summary The article‚ “Shaping a Communicative Curriculum”‚ authored by Sandra J. Savignon‚ explicates the five components proposed to innovate the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Approach so that it could provide a variety of activities and alternatives that also go with the advent of technology. These said components are: 1.
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MANAGEMENT REPORT BATNA Basics: Boost Your Power at the Bargaining Table www.pon.harvard.edu Negotiation Management Report #10 $50 (US) Negotiation Editorial Board Board members are leading negotiation faculty‚ researchers‚ and consultants affiliated with the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School. Max H. Bazerman Harvard Business School Iris Bohnet Kennedy School of Government‚ Harvard University Robert C. Bordone Harvard Law School John S. Hammond John S. Hammond & Associates
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Method (ALM)‚ Situational Language Teaching (SLT) and Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). Among all‚ Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)‚ is one of the new approaches. The aim of this approach is to develop the learners four basic language skills – reading‚ writing‚ listening and speaking in English. Perhaps the majority of language teachers today‚ when asked to identify the methodology they use in their classrooms‚ mention “communicative” as the methodology of choice. However‚ when asked to
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