CEFRL chapter 4.4- Communicative language activities and strategies

COMMON EUROPEAN FRAMEWORK OF REFERENCE FOR LANGUAGES:
Learning, teaching, assessment

Chapter 4.4
COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES AND STRATEGIES

Production - Reception - Interaction - Mediation - Non-verbal Communication

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ACTIVITIES	COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE	STRATEGIES
Oral (speaking) p. 58-60 Overall oral production Sustained monologue: describing experience Sustained monologue: putting a case (e.g.in a debate) Public announcements Addressing audiences	PRODUCTION	p. 64-65 Planning Compensating Monitoring and repair
Written (writing) p. 61-62 Overall written production Creative Writing Reports and essays	PRODUCTION	p. 64-65 Planning Compensating Monitoring and repair
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ACTIVITIES	COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE	STRATEGIES
Aural (listening) p. 66-68 Overall listening comprehension Understanding interaction between native speakers Listening as a member of a live audience Listening to announcements and instructions Listening to audio media and recordings	RECEPTION	p. 72 Identifying clues and inferring (Spoken & Written)
Visual (watching) p. 69-71 Overall reading comprehension Reading correspondence Reading for orientation Reading for information and argument Reading instructions
Audio-visual (listening and watching) p. 71 Watching TV and films
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ACTIVITIES	COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE	STRATEGIES
Spoken interaction p. 74-82 Overall spoken interaction Understanding a native speaker interlocutor Conversation Informal discussion (entre amis) Formal discussion and meetings Goal-oriented co-operation Transactions to obtain goods and services Information exchange Interviewing and being interviewed	INTERACTION	p. 86-87 Taking the floor Co-operating Asking for clarification
Written interaction p.83-84 Overall written interaction Correspondence Notes, messages and forms	INTERACTION
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ACTIVITIES	COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE	STRATEGIES
p.87	MEDIATION	p.88
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ACTIVITIES	COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE	STRATEGIES
p.88-89	NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATON
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Cover picture from :Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: Learning, Teaching, Assessment, Cambridge University Press, 2001. (ISBN: 0521005310)

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