Article # 3

Article # 3

            The article “Benefits and Strategies of Communicative Language Learning” was helpful, easy to follow and understand.  The article provided information on three strategies to communicate language learning, the first was Private Dialog, where the student will talk amongst themselves to get a feel of the second language.  The second was An Immersion Environment, where the second language is used with no help from the mother tongue and the third was the Aid of Retention by Instructional Songs, where the student listens to music to help remember or relate information, all in the second language.

            I think that all of these strategies are useful, if you are consistent with their use.  I also found that the information seemed related to some of the methods and approaches we use like Suggestopedia (the use of music) and the Direct Method (the use of second language only).  If we find interesting ways to teach a second language way not use it, especially if it has be proven to work with other languages.