Reflection 3
Personally, I favor communicative language teaching when you work with grammar. First of all, in my experience students think it`s fun to use language in an authentic way to interact with their fellow students to complete task. They get to use the language in an authentic way, which means that they get to practice the with the knowledge they already like they would in the real world. Communicative language teaching is great for learning heavier content like grammar, and I think this is a better way to learn about this topic than traditional grammar drills. Communicative language practice also allows you to let the students work inductively, which I think more interesting for students. This can be achieved by starting the lesson and not saying which specific grammar of aspect that the students will work on, they might get have a task based on giving advice an afterwards realise that they have also practiced using modal verbs.
I also like the fact that CLT is mainly based on communicative activities where the students interact with one another. I think this can be very motivating because I students get more easily tired when they have to, in many classes, only listen to the teacher. I`d also like for the students to work with bigger projects, where they can have some choice with regards to which topics they want to explore. This can be achieved through e.g creating a class magazine. Not every student loves writing but by creating a magazine every student can contribute in some way
I agree with you that CLT comes with a lot of benefits, and is actually relatively easy to implement, and it is definitely preferred to grammar drills. My questions for you: is CLT only appropriate for teaching grammar? In your teaching profile, could you give some specific examples of activities to illustrate the claims you are making here (if you decide to discuss CLT as a part of your final text, that is)?
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