PLANNING LESSONS USING

COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

MA. JOAN L. HEMBRA

MT-I/Wright NHS-SHS
Session Objectives
• Demonstrate understanding of the communicative
approach in teaching grammar
• Use communicative approach in planning lessons
• Appreciate the importance of planning lessons using
communicative approaches
True or False

Communicative Approach is based on the idea

that learning language successfully comes through
having to communicate real meaning.

True
True or False
The teacher, as a facilitator in a language
classroom, sets up communicative activities to make
communication meaningful.

True
True or False
Role playing is not an activity used in
Communicative Language Teaching.

False
Planning Lessons Using The Communicative
Approach
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 GROUP 1

Think about engaging ways you could introduce

or present this topic (prepositions in/on/at).
 GROUP 2

What are some activities you could do for

guided practice?
 GROUP 3

What are some activities you could do for

communicative practice?
 05 Follow Along

Closure/Evaluation
Lesson ending
• How will you check if learners
can use the target structure to
communicate their own ideas?
• How will you ask them for
feedback?
Where’s Samantha?
Please answer the following questions about your location
(moving from general to specific)
1.) What country are you in?
2.) What city are you in?
3.) What street are you on?
4.) Where are you at? (name of street)
5.) Where are you in your home (or what building are you in)?
6.) Where are you in your office (or where are you in the
building)?
 Adapt guided practice

How could you adapt that activity for your own teaching context?

● Online
● Hybrid
● Paper-based
Lesson Ending

How will you know your lesson was successful?

● How will you check if learners  can use the target structure to
communicate their own ideas?
● How will you give them feedback?
 
 Review
• Communicative lesson planning is reflective (a messy circle).
• Communicative lessons have a beginning, middle, and end.
• In communicative lessons, students spend most of the time
communicating.
• It’s ok to use other sources (like Voice of America) if your textbook
doesn’t have explicit grammar instruction.
• Try something new, reflect, and revise.
• Options! Options! Options!

Please write one thing you learned or found interesting in this training.
 Reflection Questions:

● How will you approach planning your next communicative

lesson?

● How can you adapt activities for various modalities?

● What do you know about tasks?