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Sunday, June 12, 2011

Reflection Paper on "Communicative Language Teaching" by Spada (2007)

You need to write a reflection paper on the article "Communicative Language Teaching" by Spada (2007). (You can have access to the article on METUONLINE).
Please do not forget to include the following points in your article reflection paper:
a) your own interpretation of CLT and your own perspective as a prospective teacher concerning the necessary infrastructure as to the optimum implementation of the method in line with the conditions in Turkey in the EFL context (i.e., the English proficiency level of EFL teachers in Turkey, the system and the existing policies of education in Turkey, EFL learners’ expectations from English classes at secondary and high school level, the attitudes of EFL learners of Turkish with different levels of proficiency towards learning English, the aims of English classes)
b) your own perspective on the various CLT-related misconceptions as a prospective English teacher (you also need to refer to the article by Thompson(1996), which is uploaded on METUONLINE)
c) your perspective on the prevalence of the misconceptions stated in the article among Turkish teachers of EFL (you also need to refer to the article by Thompson (1996), which is uploaded on METUONLINE)
d) the current status of CLT in Turkey including the challenges and difficulties facing EFL teachers concerning the implementation of it
e) the future status of CLT in Turkey