communicative drilln
see meaningful drill
communicative functionn
the extent to which a language is used in a community. Some languages may
be used for very specific purposes, such as the language called Pali, which is
used only for religious purposes in Buddhism. Other languages are used for
almost all the communicative needs of a community, e.g. Japanese in Japan.
communicative interferencen
interference (see language transfer) which is caused by the use of rules of
speaking (e.g. greetings, ways of opening or closing conversations, address
systems – see address form) from one language when speaking another.
For example, conversations in English often open with a health question
(How are you?) but in other languages, such as Malay, open with a food
question (Have you eaten yet?). A Malay-speaking student learning English
who opened a conversation in English with Have you eaten yet? would be
speaking with communicative interference from Malay to English.
communicative language teachingn
another term for communicative approach
community languagen
also heritage language
a language used within a particular community, including languages spoken
by ethnic minority groups.
For example, in Australia, apart from English, languages such as Italian,
Greek, Polish, Arabic, and Australian Aboriginal languages are community
languages.
Community Language Learningn
also CLL
a methodof second and foreign language teaching developed by Charles
Curran. Community Language Learning is an application of counselling learn-
ing to second and foreign language teaching and learning. It uses techniques
developed in group counselling to help people with psychological and
emotional problems. The method makes use of group learning in small or
large groups. These groups are the “community”. The method places empha-
sis on the learners’ personal feelings and their reactions to language learning.
Learners say things which they want to talk about, in their native language.
The teacher (known as “Counselor”) translates the learner’s sentences
into the foreign language, and the learner then repeats this to other members
of the group.
communicative drill