Communicative Language Teaching English

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To cope with the progressively more globalized world, having global literacy skills namely proficiency in technology and English is a must. Like many other countries in the world, Bangladesh is also struggling to ensure the adequate equipments of global literacy skills for her people (Aziz, 2009). New approaches namely Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has been being in action here since 1996 (Mazumder, 2011) and to support the new syllabus new text book was designed focusing on all the four skills of English. Giving importance to English teaching at the Higher secondary level English For Today (EFT) for XI-XII was designed centrally by the government of Bangladesh and PFID of the UK government in 2001 and the objective of this …show more content…

Both are concerned with the motto of an educational journey. Oliva (2009) comes up with four terms-‘curriculum goal’, ‘curriculum objective’, ‘instructional goal’ and ‘instructional objective’ focusing on the motto of journey of any educational program. She explains the terms as:
An instructional goal is a statement of performance expected of each student in a class, phrased in general terms without criteria of achievement…An instructional goal is a statement of to be demonstrated by each student in the class, derived from an instructional goal and phrased in measurable and observable terms. Oliva (2009: 310)
A curriculum goal is a purpose or end stated in general terms without criteria of achievement. Curriculum planners wish students to accomplish the goal as a result of exposure to segments or all of a program of a particular school or school system…(Oliva, 2009: 214)
A curriculum objective is a purpose or end stated in specific, measurable terms. Curriculum planners with students to accomplish it as a result of exposure to segments or all of a program of the particular school or school system…(Oliva, 2009:

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