The Communicative Approach in TEFL

The Communicative Approach in Aiding Language Acquisition

The Communicative Approach highlights the importance of functional language as opposed

to focusing specifically on grammar and vocabulary.

Learners are taught to apply various language forms in various contexts and

situations such as making a hotel reservation, purchasing airline tickets, ordering at a

restaurant, booking tickets to a show, asking for directions etc.

It is this constant exposure to language in realistic situations which is thought to aid

languages acquisition Also, students are given a clear reason for communicating in the form

of role plays and simulations.

Accuracy of the language used is seen to be of less importance than communicating

successfully.

During these communicative activities the teacher does not intervene as the purpose of

such activities is to simulate real communication.

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