CLT,TBLTandothersWhichmethodisthebest?CLT•Communicationprinciple•Taskprinciple•Meaningfulnessprinciple6criteriaforevaluatingCLTactivities•p.24TASK8•p.24-26•IndividualworkCLTAttention:•Communicativeactivitiesarenotonlyspeakingandlisteningtasks,butalsoreadingandwritingtasks;•Communicativeactivitiesareunlimited;Teachersshouldbecreativeindesigningcommunicativetasks.真正的交际活动应该有:•信息沟informationgap•选择性choices信息沟(informationgap)-communicativepurposeanddesire比如说,老师手里拿着一个苹果,问大家:“Isitanapple?”学生回答:“Yes,itis.”大家都知道这是一个苹果,这时是没有信息沟的。但是,如果老师拿着一个不透明的袋子装着一些不同的水果,让一个学生来摸,然后下面的学生提问:“Isitanapple?”摸到水果的同学根据感觉进行回答:“Yes,itis.”或者“No,itisn’t.”这时交流是存在信息沟的。选择性(choices)Content,notform;varietyoflanguage;nomaterialscontrol;noteacherintervention比如说,老师要求一个学生把一个陈述句转变为问句,他说:“Willyouchangemysentenceintoaquestion?–Iwenthomeyesterday.”学生回答说:“Didyougohomeyesterday?”,这样的对话学生没有选择的自由。但是,如果老师跟大家说:“Yesterday,mymotherphonedmesayingmyauntwascomingtovisitus.Shewantedmetogobackhometohavedinner.ButIhadalotofworktodoyesterday.IwasnotsurewhetherIcouldfinish.I(IfyouwanttoknowwhatIdidlater,youcanaskquestions)…”然后停下来,那么大家这时可能会开始问各种相关的问题,“Didyousayyesorno?”“Didyoufinishyourwork?”“Didyougohomeyesterday?”“Didyougohometohavedinnerwiththem?”TBLT•TBLTisafurtherdevelopmentofCommunicativeLanguageTeaching.•Ithasstressedtheimportancetocombineform-focusedteachingwithcommunication-focusedteaching.Fourcomponentsofatask•p.28TASK10•p.29-30•IndividualworkJaneWillis’(1996)TBLTframeworkLanguagefocusTaskcycleTaskcycleSsmaynowheararecordingofothersdoingasimilarTaskorreadothers’textandcomparehowtheyalldidit.TaskSsdothetask,inpairsorsmallgroups.Tmonitorsfromadistance.PlanningSspreparetoreporttothewholeclass(orallyorinwriting)howtheydidthetask,whattheydecidedordiscovered.ReportSomegroupspresenttheirreportstotheclass,orexchangewrittenreports,andcompareresults.LanguagefocusAnalysisSsexamineanddiscussspecificfeaturesofthetextortranscriptoftherecording.PracticeTconductspracticeofnewwords,phrasesandpatternsoccurringinthedata,eitherduringoraftertheanalysis.PPPPresentationofsingle‘new’itemPracticeofnewitem:drillsexercises,dialoguepracticeProductionActivity,roleplayortasktoencourage‘free’useoflanguage.LanguagefocusAnalysis&practice:Review&repeattaskTaskcycleTaskPlanningReportorPresentationofsingle‘new’itemPracticeofnewitem:drillsexercises,dialoguepracticeProductionActivity,roleplayortasktoencourage‘free’useoflanguage.TBLTv.s.PPPTASK11•PairworkThebiggestdifferencesLargeamountofinput(exposure)bylisteningandreadingbeforethetaskStudentsplan,organize,learnandusethelanguageduringthetaskTheteacherleadstudentstofocusonlanguageform(byanalysisand/orpractice)toensureaccuracypre-taskexposurewhile-taskindependentlearningpost-tasklanguagefocusCaseanalysis•初二学生在学完有关食物的英文名称和表达喜欢或不喜欢的句型后,教师布置学生做一个小调查,即用英语询问并记录小组中各个同学最喜欢的食物,各小组用统计表的形式表示调查结果,每个小组写几句话来简短回报调查结果。初二学生在学完有关食物的英文名称和表达喜欢或不喜欢的句型后,教师布置学生做一个小调查,即用英语询问并记录小组中各个同学最喜欢的食物,各小组用统计表的形式表示调查结果,每个小组写几句话来简短汇报调查结果。•目标是什么?是否具有交际性(信息交流)?•一个任务是否只有一个目标?•交际目标&教学目标•构成任务内容的输入材料是什么?来自何处?•构成任务的活动是否与现实世界中的活动类似?•活动强调的是语言形式的获取还是语言技能的使用(意义的表达)?•学生是被动接受知识还是主动获取知识?•教师是知识的传授者还是活动的设计者、组织者、观察者?•任务实施的环境是在课堂上还是课堂外?活动是仅限于课堂教学还是可以延伸到课余学习和生活?•任务的结果如何体现?能否被观察到?是否可测?Purpose:communicativepurpose;Context:similartoreal-lifecontext(meaningful,interesting);Languageexposure:sufficient,providingchoices;Process:interaction,cooperation;Product:usuallymeasurable;Comment(evaluation–specific):helpsimprovetheperformanceofthetask.HowtoevaluateataskConclusion•Amethodiseffectiveonlywhenitisappropriatetotheteachingcontext.•Thebestthingistodevelopone’sownteachingmethodsbasedonthecontextwhereoneteachesandintegratesthemeritsofdifferentmethodologies.