What is Pedagogy?• According to Cambridge Dictionaries Online, pedagogy is defined as the

study of the methods and activities of teaching.

• Therefore, TESL pedagogy is the methods and activities used in teaching and learning English as a Second Language.

Source: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/pedagogy

TESL Pedagogy• When focusing on speaking skill, one of the method that can be used to teach English language is

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT).

• Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) aims broadly to apply the theoretical perspective of the

Communicative Approach by making communicative competence the goal of language teaching and

by acknowledging the interdependence of language and communication (Freeman, 2000).

• This method is to enable the learner to communicate effectively and appropriately in the various

situations she would be likely to find herself in. In other words, its goal is to make use of real-life

situations that necessitate communication.

Source: Freeman D.L. (2000). Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching. Oxford University Press.

How Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Can Be Used to Educate The Diverse Generation?

Through activity such as sharing information.

• Sharing information:

• The students are encourage to speak from their own experiences and share

information about their family’s ethnic background.

• This includes what are “Do’s & don’ts” in their culture.

• For example, in Malay culture, they really emphasize on the aspect of politeness.

They really stressed on the aspect of when addressing people especially to someone

older than them like ‘abang’, ‘kakak’, ‘along’, ‘ayah’, ‘ibu’ and so on. Unlike people in

westerner where they can easily addressing their own parents by their name.

• Other example is when serving food for certain occasion. Other cultures need to be

aware that they could not serve pork to the Muslims.

• By having this activity, it will increase cultural awareness of students from different

culture.

• Tolinson and Masuhara (2004) also agree that an increased cultural awareness helps

learners broaden the mind, increase tolerance and achieve cultural empathy and

sensitivity.

• In short, they will learn to respect other culture and be more sensitive not to touch the

cultural sentiment.

Source : Tomlinson, B., & Musuhara, H. (2004). Developing cultural awareness. MET, 13(1), 1–7