The use of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Taiwan

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The use of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
in Taiwan

• Yun Ling Kang
• GLS
• Professor Spence

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Introduction

• Why do I choose this topic?
• Background
• Recent Research 8 issues
• Future implication
• suggests
• my future teaching

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Background

• Definition of CLT Brown (4)
• Historical development 1960s
• Goal
• Character Morrow (3)
• learner-centered
• tolerate errors

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Who views CLT?
3 students
2. teachers
1.Schools/ educators
4.parents
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Think about

• What does evaluation mean?
• What is the goal teachers expect?
• Does American teacher teach better than Taiwanese
  teacher?
• What is learning for students?

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Issues about education system
Issues Suggest
CLT exams 4 skills cultivation
Student-centered? Strong teachers belief when using CLT
Limit hours? Support club activities
Material? Local center training
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Issues about Teachers
Native speaker? 1. how to hire? 2. cooperate share
How to teach grammar vocabulary adapt
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Issues about Students

• Motivation Multimedia language lab
• Club
• L1 usage? Psychology? Comprehension?

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Issues about resources

• Textbooks
• 1. how to decide
• 2. activities
• 3. how to run
• Parents monitor
• or obstacle?

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How abut myself?

• Belief
• Be students friend
• Encourage student to learn by themselves create
  non-defensive learning
• Use an integrative test/
• self-evaluation

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Conclusion

• ALM ?-?CLT
• FSL??EFL
• Taiwan -? future

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Questions

• Thank you!!