Competence Muratkyzy Nuraiym
Competence Muratkyzy Nuraiym
Competence Muratkyzy Nuraiym
Language-culture
This reflects the view of language and culture which is closely intertwined, and it is the
foundation for the ICLT model.
Input
This teaching step is aimed at providing learners with language knowledge and
intercultural knowledge by exposing learners to a wide range of authentic texts and
sources (oral, written, and visual) about language and different cultures. The theory of
Krashen’s Comprehensible Input Hypothesis (Krashen, 1985) is embedded in this
teaching step to increase learners’ learning motivation by exposing learners to
comprehensible input that is understandable but one step beyond their understanding.
Notice
Based on their previous knowledge of language and interculture, learners are
encouraged to notice and make comparisons between unfamiliar features with known
ones. In addition, learners discuss the reasons for language and intercultural features as
well as their personal response to those language and intercultural features. This
teaching step, which is the next step of the knowledge scaffolding and constructing
process, utilizes the theory of Schmidt’s Noticing Hypothesis (Schmidt, 1995, 2001) to
help to raise learners’ language awareness and intercultural awareness and adjust their
intercultural attitudes by exposing learners to more authentic learning tasks / activities
so that they can attend to and notice unknown features of the input.
Practice
Learners have a variety of opportunities to practice short, supported and guided
communicative tasks about elements of the new knowledge in the two previous teaching
steps. Moreover, they have chances to practice using intercultural language strategies
for communication in accordance to their language and cultural needs. The theory of
Long’s Interaction Hypothesis (Long, 1985, 1996) is employed in this teaching step
foster learners’ ICC development by assisting learners to make use of their previous
comprehensible input to enhance their language skills (e.g., speaking, listening, reading,
and reading) and intercultural skills (e.g., abilities to interpret the meanings in the target
culture and relate them to one’s own and to interact with people from different cultures).
Output
At this stage, learners are able to produce the earlier input features and reflect on their
effectiveness and appropriateness. Furthermore, learners are able to explore further in
the new language and intercultural features by trying out new forms, expressions, or
strategies derived from the earlier input in actual language use through language and
intercultural tasks (e.g., project, drama, presentation, etc.). The underlying learning
theory is the theory of Swain’s Output Hypothesis (Swain, 1995, 2000) which aims to
raise learners’ awareness of a gap in his/her learning process. This may trigger a new
input for another process of the ICLT model as learners’ output is a process rather than
a product of their ICC learning.
Within this ICLT model, the arrows among the components indicate the sequence of the
process, and the dotted arrows depict the interrelationship between the main part and the
foundation and the ultimate goal of the ICLT process.
Skills
Cognitive skills are the core skills your brain uses to think, read, learn, remember,
reason, and pay attention. Working together, they take incoming information and move
it into the bank of knowledge you use every day at school, at work, and in life.
Cognitive abilities are brain-based skills we need to carry out any task from the
simplest to the most complex. They have more to do with the mechanisms of how we
learn, remember, problem-solve, and pay attention, rather than with any actual
knowledge. For instance, answering the telephone involves perception (hearing the ring
tone), decision taking (answering or not), motor skill (lifting the receiver), language
skills (talking and understanding language), social skills (interpreting tone of voice and
interacting properly with another human being).
Strategic thinking skills are any skills that enable you to use critical thinking to solve
complex problems and plan for the future. These skills are essential to accomplish
business objectives, overcome obstacles, and address challenges—particularly if they're
projected to take weeks, months, or even years to achieve.
Conclusion
To sum up this project focuses on the study of developing intercultural
communicative competence. Firstly, in this project, the teacher adopts the task-based
approach to specify the learning objectives stresses the input of intercultural knowledge.
Through the techniques, it is feasible to for English teachers to implement culture
learning in the foreign language educational context. In this study, the motivation of
students has been aroused and the four basic language skills have been well integrated
into this process. For most students, they acquire more language knowledge than the
traditional way of teaching. The teacher needs to be patient to students’ progress
because students need a long time to acquire the details and need a real situation to
testify their ability.