Richards-Communicative-Language pdf

Phase 5: Linking to Related Texts

In this stage, students investigate how what they have learned in this teaching/

learning cycle can be related to:



  Other texts in the same or similar context



  Future or past cycles of teaching and learning

Activities which link the text type to related texts include:



  Comparing the use of the text type across different fields



  Researching other text types used in the same field



  Role-playing what happens if the same text type is used by people 

with different roles and relationships



  Comparing spoken and written modes of the same text type



  Researching how a key language feature used in this text type is 

used in other text types

Task 21

What challenges does the methodology discussed above 

pose for teachers?