Communicative methods in teaching English

Modes of Interaction

Active involvement can be achieved by a variety

of means such as varied modes of interaction,

changes of activity, changes of pace, changes of

intensity, changes of mood/atmosphere, changes of

beginnings and endings, balanced use of settlers and

stirrers, balancing the familiar and the unfamiliar,

presence and absence of correction, varying the

modes of correction, offering positive reinforcement

in varied ways, and employing principled use of

elicitation and nomination.

Content and Language Integrated Learning

The term Content and Language Integrated

Learning (CLIL) was defined in 1994, and launched

in 1996 by UNICOM, the University of Jyväskylä

and the European Platform for Dutch Education, to

describe educational methods where “subjects are

taught through a foreign language with dual-focused

aims, namely the learning of content, and the simultaneous