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    Methods and techniques that focus on the acquisition of communicative competence. Specific methodological foundations for teaching English.
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  • Who proposed the three levels of conceptualization for communicative competence?
    Edward Anthony in 1963.
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  • What are the three levels of conceptualization?
    Approach, method and technique.
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  • What does the term “approach” refer to?
    Theories about the nature of language and language learning for teaching purposes.
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  • What is the structural view of language?
    Language as a system of phonological, grammatical and lexical elements.
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  • What is the functional view of language?
    Language as a vehicle for expressing functional meaning and communicative functions.
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  • What is the interactional view of language?
    Language as a means of creating and maintaining social relationships.
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  • What is a method according to Anthony?
    A set of pedagogical decisions on how to present and teach a language.
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  • What are techniques?
    Classroom procedures and practices used to achieve a teaching aim.
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  • What is the main goal of Communicative Language Teaching?
    Developing communicative competence through meaningful interaction.
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  • What is CLIL and who proposed it?
    An approach integrating content and language, proposed by David Marsh.
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  • What is the aim of CLIL?
    To enhance language learning by teaching subjects through the target language.
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  • What characterises the Task-Based approach?
    Using meaningful tasks that focus on learning through doing, following PPP or PWP stages
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  • What did Littlewood identify as types of communicative activities?
    Functional communication activities and social interaction activities.
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