Seminar in English Language Teaching (2/2016) - The end of CLT (Blog 12)

The end of CLT

On April 18, 2017.

  Today I learned with Assistant Professor Dr. Usa Noytim in seminar in English Language Teaching. Teacher assigned to work in group of five persons. We discussed about the end of CLT. CLT, was popular and emphasized communicate in the classroom. In the research, some countries did not use CLT approaches but still manage to learn to speak good English. This approach disagrees fundamentally with the CLT attitude by arguing that methodology is not the magic solution,that there are many different ways to learn languages, that the context is a crucial determiner of the success or failure of learners. We can show the contrast like this: CLT is the complete answer. If we don't have CLT,then we can't learn a language. No other factors count in learning a language only teaching methodology. If you don't have CLT,then you are backward. But context approach,we must consider the whole context. Methodology (including CLT) is just one factors may be more important. Other methods and approaches may be equally valid. CLT is typical of short training courses and at the same time lamentable. Surely a key part of good teaching is understanding and being able to analyse and reflect on the culture, the classroom,the pupils' needs. By contrast, a context approach insists that while methodology is important, it is just one factor in successful language learning. After that teacher assigned students to found the research about Language Teachers' beliefs and practices regarding the appropriateness of communicative methodology: A case study from Thailand and Propects and challenges of Communicative approach in EFL.
     Communicative approach is easy to teach because CLT emphasized on communicate with your friend. If learners can speak English, these learners will succeed in speaking English.

    Communicative approach is difficult to control students to speak English because these students didn't opportunity to speak English and in Thailand is EFL or English as a foreign language and teacher use English language to speak in the classroom only. But outside the classroom, students use Thai language. 

     I solve these problem by assigning worksheet to practice in speaking English. 

    I felt fun and happy to learn because I ever learn about this approach before so I understand and make me to remember a long term.