CLS Brown Bag Series: Post-communicative approaches in language teaching

Language pedagogy currently finds itself in the “post-methods era” which is marked by a critical re-examination of communicative language teaching (CLT). Among the main criticisms of CLT are its primary focus on transactional and largely oral language production and its lack of emphasis on culture. The widely-cited 2007 MLA Report pointed to the growing divide between language and content and called for new approaches to language education that would better integrate the language curricula and enhance the intellectual focus of language instruction. This has led to methodologies which place a greater emphasis on texts, engage the learners in more collaborative activities both inside and beyond the language classroom, and focus on authentic language use.

 

In this Brown Bag, Nelleke will start by giving a brief overview of post-communicative methodologies, and then Angela Lee-Smith (EALL), Luna Najera (Spanish and Portuguese), and Ezgi Yalcin (NELC) will show some examples of classroom activities that implement these new approaches.

 

This event is open for registration in Yale Connect through the Center for Language Study (CLS) group and the CLS Graduate Students and FLTAs. An invite email will also be sent to Faculty, Students and other guests. If you would like to attend, but an email invite was not sent, please contact Maria Ideliu.