Communicative approach basic notions

language is used practically:

understanding

using authentic English texts

through active student interaction

learn strategies for understanding

personal experiences and situations

Misconceptions:

involves not
just 'conversation'

fundamentally propositions

  1. Learning to perform communicative speech
  1. specified goals
  1. "Learner-centred" means "GOOD"
  1. Language learning is about communicating
  1. the behaviour should be similar the "real world"
  1. sing language spontaneously and communicatively

Six opposing propositions

  1. Generative competence
  1. understanding of both "whole-class" and
    "pair/group-methods.

cut teacher-talking-time to an
absolute minimum".