UNIT 2

2. COMMUNICATION IN THE FOREIGN LANGUAGE CLASSIFICATION

As a consequence of the importance of knowing a foreign language there’s a great demand in_____________
_______________________________________________________________________________________.
2.1. Definitions of communication
Communication is the exchange of ________________________ through a __________________________.
In the late 20th century the focus was on _________________, _________________ and _______________.
__________________________,_________________________ established characteristics of communication
2.2. Nature of communication
HARMER’S CHARACTERISTICS FOR TEACHING TO BE COMMUNICATIVE
When a person speaks When a person listens
·__________________________________________ ·__________________________________________
·__________________________________________ ·__________________________________________
·__________________________________________ ·__________________________________________
2.3. Communicative features
PSYCHOLOGICAL FEATURES THAT INFLUENCE COMMUNICATION
·___________________________ ·___________________________
·___________________________ ·___________________________
2.4. The natural order of acquisition
Language is taught following an established belief: ___________, ___________, __________ & __________.
Learning a language is ____________________________________________________________________.
3. VERBAL COMMUNICATION
Verbal communication is ___________________________________________________________________.
Language is_____________________________________________________________________________.
Saussare explains that if you move a linguistic elements __________________________________________.
LANGUAGE CAN BE ANALYZED IN FOUR LEVELS
·___________________________ ·___________________________
·___________________________ ·___________________________
_____________________________________________________ are structured in these four groups.
Signs have ______________ individually but they have to follow___________________ they’re put together.
The primary motive to learn a language is _____________________________________________________.
Oral practices are ____________________ in English lessons
EXAMPLES OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES
·___________________________ ·___________________________ ·___________________________
·___________________________ ·___________________________ ·___________________________
4. NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION INCLUDES _________________________________ RESOURCES
·___________________________ ·___________________________ ·___________________________

_________________________: MASTERY OF NON VERBAL PERSPECTIVE

·___________________________ ·___________________________ ·___________________________
Non-verbal communication includes: __________________, __________________, __________________,
__________________, __________________, __________________, & __________________.
______________&_____________: CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM FOR NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOR
·___________________ ·___________________ ·___________________ ·___________________
Paralanguage is the study of ______________________ People’s NVC has to do with __________________
and Kinesics is the study of ______________________.
 __________________: STUDY OF SILENT LANGUAGE OF NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATION
·___________________________ ·___________________________ ·___________________________
·___________________________ ·________________________________________________________
4.1. Functions of NVC
NVC FUNCTIONS
·____________________ ·____________________ ·____________________ ·____________________
·____________________ ·____________________ ·__________________________________________
4.2. Types of NVC
MICHAEL ARGYLE (1967): ___________________________________________________________
·________________ ·________________ ·________________ ·________________ ·________________
·________________ ·________________ ·________________ ·________________ ·________________
4.3. Prosodic and paralinguistic features
The term paralinguistic includes non-prosodic vocal phenomena (_________________________________….)
and non-vocal phenomena (______________________________________________________________….)
Abercrombie (1968) both paralinguistic signals are _______________________________ language behavior.
Conversation is inhibited by the absence of the ____________________________________________ clues.
5. COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING
_____________________ communicative definition of language that serves as the basis for developing
communicative syllabuses.
Van Ek Alexander (1980) aims to make communicative competence the goal of
____________________________________.
5.1. Theory of language
For Hymes competence is _________________________ and performance is ________________________.
For Chomsky language is __________________________________________________________________.
COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE CONCEPT INCLUDES THE KNOWLEDGE OF
·_________________________________________ ·_________________________________________
·_________________________________________ ·_________________________________________
HYMES ESTABLISHES FOUR ASPECTS OF HIS CONCEPT OF COMPETENCE
·_________________________________________ ·_________________________________________
·_________________________________________ ·_________________________________________
CANALE AND SWAIN ADAPTED THOSE 4 ASPECTS FOR TEACHING PURPOSES
·_________________________________________ ·_________________________________________
·_________________________________________ ·_________________________________________
·_________________________________________
5.2. Theory of learning
Main communicative principles: activities ______________________________________, activities
______________________________________ and language _____________________________________.
____________________ acquisition model: _________________________ vs ________________________
5.3. Communicative learning and teaching activities
HARMER COMMUNICATIVE ACTIVITIES CHARACTERISTICS
·___________________________ ·___________________________ ·___________________________
·___________________________ ·___________________________ ·___________________________
5.4. Teacher roles
Two main roles: ____________________________________ & ____________________________________
5.5. Learner roles
___________________________, ___________________________ & ____________________________
6. EXTRALINGUISTIC STRATEGIES: NON-VERBAL REACTIONS TO MESSAGES IN DIFFERENT
CONTEXTS
__________________: emotional reaction to our setting and its nature can be explained by the setting itself.
Distribution of space in the classroom can have a negative or positive effect on the learner
Sommer: Students participation depends on how________________________________________________
the setting arrangement has ________________________________________________________________.
NON-VERBAL REACTION IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS
·________________________________________________ ·____________________________
·_______________ ·_______________ ·_______________ __________________________________
6.1. Speech, gestures and movement TPR
TPR is a teaching method developed by __________________ built around ___________________________
__________________________, which attempts to teach language through___________________________
and doesn’t distinguish between ______________________________ and ___________________________
With TPR the commands become ____________________________________________________________
students speak only ________________________________________________ and production follows a
process that consists in ___________________________ and then _________________________________
TPR is very useful to practice ________________________________________________________________

6.2. TPR based curriculum

TPR BASED CURRICULUM

Objective ________________________________________ Types of learning and teaching activities
·________________________________________
·________________________________________
Syllabus
·________________________________________
·________________________________________
·________________________________________ Procedures
Teachers’ role
·________________________________________ ·_______________ ·_______________
·________________________________________ ·________________________________
·________________________________________ ·________________________________
Learner’s role
·________________________________________ ·________________________________