LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 11 November 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

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Innovative Methods for Communicative Language Teaching

B. Zulaiha, M. Phil.

The aim of this paper is to discuss and introduce methods to enable the students to communicate well through English and to make the class a student-centered one. Teacher’s main role in language classrooms is to help students to become able and efficient communicators. Teachers’ role is to direct them towards the mastery of all the four skills. The paper also describes the viewpoints of learners and instructors.

From my personal experience I suggest the following allotment of time in the class:

  • Teacher Talking Time (TTT) - 20%
  • Student Talking Time (STT) - 80%
  • Minute to Minute Programme in Classroom Teaching

(i) Introducing the subject – [10 minutes] with the following idea:

  • From particular to general
  • From concrete to abstract
  • From personal to general

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

B. Zulaiha, M. Phil.
Head, Department of English
TBAK College
Kilakarai – 623 517
Ramanathapuram District
Tamilnadu, India
zoowasif@gmail.com
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