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Foreign Language Teaching Methods: Speaking

Lesson 4: Implementing Communicative Tasks

Introduction
Lesson 1
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
- Guidelines
- A Narrative Activity
- Review and Reflect
Conclusion
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Review

1. Teachers should form groups mainly on proximity to save time.

True

False

2. The narrative task that appears in the video is not truly communicative because

there is no extended discourse.

the language learners don't use the targeted grammatical forms.

the teacher never gives up control.

there is minimal negotiated interaction.

3. The redesigned narrative task was more communicative because it obliges students

to use more targeted grammatical forms.

to listen and ask clarification questions.

to employ a richer vocabulary.

to use better visuals.

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Reflect

Lee (2000:74-75) discusses implementing a communicative task as an instructional event. He claims that teachers need to pay attention to three "points of encounter" during the instructional event: framing, executing and concluding.

For this assignment, you will observe another teacher implementing a communicative task and assess the teacher's ability to negotiate the different phases of the instructional event according to Lee's outline.

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