Principles
What is the core objective of the Communicative Syllabus, as proposed by Hymes?
Communicative competence
What is the primary role of materials in a Communicative Syllabus, as outlined in the presentation?
To promote communicative language use
A characteristic of the Communicative Syllabus classroom is that students are primarily expected to interact with whom?
Each other, rather than with the teacher
What is the teacher's primary function in a communicative activity, such as a group discussion or simulation?
To act as a facilitator, resource, and manager of the communication process among students.
Grammatical competence is the domain of which two capacities?
Grammatical and lexical capacity
Text-based, Task-based, and Realia. Which of the following is listed as an example of Realia?
Signs, maps, and charts
According to the learning principles of the Communicative Syllabus, how are students expected to acquire language?
Through using the language actively to communicate, engaging in a process of 'creative construction.'
Regarding grammar rules, what approach does the teacher often take in this syllabus?
Grammar rules are not always presented; instead, students may be encouraged to discover or deduce them through communicative use.
Which two linguists are credited in the presentation with proposing the four-component model of Communicative Competence?
Canale and Swain
Which activity is categorized as a Task-based material?
Games, role plays, and simulations
What is the core distinction between a student's Linguistic Competence and the goal of Communicative Competence?
Linguistic competence is the knowledge of rules (Grammar/Lexis); communicative competence is the ability to use that knowledge appropriately and effectively in context.
The teacher must manage a variety of resources (Realia, Task-based, etc.). What does this make the teacher, primarily, in relation to the learning materials?
The organizer, evaluator, and adapter of diverse learning materials and resources.
Strategic competence involves employing coping strategies to perform which set of actions in communication?
Initiate, terminate, maintain, repair, and redirect communication
What type of content, related to CEFR alignment, does the Speakout example is used to structure its communicative units?
'Can do' objectives (e.g., 'I can discuss a social trend') that focus on functional ability.
A student who uses a simple phrase like "You know what I mean?" when they forget a specific technical word is demonstrating which key competence, and why?
Strategic competence, as they are employing a coping strategy to maintain communication.
If a communication stagnates during a student task, how should the teacher, acting as a resource, assist the students?
By providing coping strategies, prompts, or necessary lexis to help students maintain or repair the communication.