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Criteria For Communicative Activity
Criteria For Communicative Activity
NametheactivitiesyoutypicallydoinyourL2classroominthecolumns.Thenanalyzeeachaccordingtothecriterialisted.Give
onepointpercriteria.Aftercomparingthescoresofactivitiesthinkofwaystoalteranactivitysothatitmeetsmoreofthecriteria!
CRITERIA(onepointeach)
Activitytakesplaceinorreplicatesareallifecontext
Activityusesauthenticmaterials(thosethatcouldbeusedby
anativespeakerofasimilarage)
ActivityinvolvesuseofBOTHpersonalknowledgeand
skillsaswellaslanguageknowledgeandskills
Bydoingtheactivityparticipantslearnandusecontent
knowledge
Talkingisnecessaryinordertocompletethetask
Interactionisnecessaryinordertocompletethetask
InordertocompletetheactivityEVERYONEmustspeak
ANDlistenrepeatedly
AllparticipantsmustuseSTRETCHESoflanguage
(sentencesorseveralsentenceresponses)
Participantsmustproblemsolveoruseadvancedthinking
skills(strategicknowledge)inordertocompletethetask
Activityisnovelmotivatingforparticipants
Activitymustbefun/interestingforparticipants
Activitiesarelowriskandhighsecurity
Instructionsaregivenbytheteacherinthetargetlanguage
TOTALSCORE
Activity1
Activity2
Activity3
Activity4
Activity5