The document discusses the communicative approach to language teaching. It originated in the late 1960s in response to the need to focus on communicative proficiency over mechanical practice. The communicative approach emphasizes using language in meaningful, authentic contexts through activities like group work. It aims to develop students' communicative competence, including their ability to interpret, express, and negotiate meaning. Examples show students practicing topics in small groups to engage in real communication rather than just repetition of patterns. The approach has advantages like acquiring language through use, but also disadvantages if students are not sufficiently challenged.

1. By Ingrida Užkurytė

2. o Show the background of the approach
o Define the approach
o Give examples
o Make the concusion

3. o The origins of the communicative approach are found in
the changes in the British language teaching tradition in
the late 1960s.
o Situational
approach was the major approach at that
time.
o The
need to focus language teaching
communicative proficiency became important.
on
the

4. o In
the min-1970s the scope of the communicative
approach expanded.
o The
communicative approach changed the situational
approach.

5. o “A method of teaching a foreign language which stresses
the importance of learning to communicate information
and
ideas
in
the
language.”
(http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com)
o In other words, it is a kind of foreign language teaching,
which is based on the communication using the target
language.

7. o According to Larsen-Freeman (2000), the most important
characteristic of the communicative language teaching is
that: “almost everything that is done is done with the
communicative intent.”(2000:132).
o The
same author states that the best way to learn
foreign language by using a communicative approach is to
carry out activities in small groups of students. For
instance, the teacher gives for students a topic and then
they are divided into small groups to communicate with
each other about the given topic. Through this kind of
activities students are engaged in meaningful and
authentic language use rather than in the simply
mechanical practice of language patterns.

8. oAccording
to Richards (2006) completing tasks in this way
students gain several benefits:
• They can learn from hearing the language used by other
members of the group.
• They will produce a greater amount of language than
they would use in teacher-fronted activities.
• Their motivational level is likely to increase.
• They will have the chance to develop fluency.”(2006:20)
o An
example of the lesson where the communicative
approach is used for learning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kRT-rsKxn4 (7:48 –
10:30)

9. o According
to Savignon (1972) the communicative competence
is: “the ability to function in a truly communicative setting –
that is, in a dynamic exchange in which linguistic competence
must adapt itself to the total informational input, both
linguistic and paralinguistic, of one or more interlocutors.”
(1972:8)
o Also,
Savignon (1972) describes the communicative
competence as: “the ability to engage in the interpretation,
expression, and negotiation of meaning.”(1972:8)

10. o The communicative competence consists of four components

12. Every approach has advantages and disadvantages.
ADVANTAGES
DISADVANTAGES
Language
is
acquired Student may not see the
through communication.
value in learning English
through
group
work,
games, and activities.
CA allows learners to use CA does not focus on error
the target language in correction.
meaningful context.
CA can be adapted to any Students
don’t
level.
challenged.
feel
CA focuses on fluently not
accuracy. Thus student may
produce incoherent and
grammatically
incorrect
sentence.

13. o Youtube.com. (2013) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kRT-rsKxn4
o Larsen-Freeman, Diane. 2000. Techniques and Principles in Language Teaching.
New York: Oxford University Press.
o Nunan, David. 1991. Language Teaching Methodology: A Textbook for Teachers.
Prentice Hall.
o Oxfordlearnersdictionary.com. (2013)
http://oald8.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/
o Richards, Jack Clifton. 2006. Communicative language teaching today. New York:
Cambridge University Press.
o Richards, Jack
Clifton, and Rodgers, Theodore S. 1986. Approaches and methods
in language teaching: A description and analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press.
o Savignon, Sandra J. 1972. Communicative Competence: An Experiment in ForeignLanguage Teaching. Philadelphia: The Centre for Curriculum Development

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16. ROLE PLAY
Four friends cannot decide what to do on Saturday night.
Liza wants to be at home.
Ann wants to go to the concert.
Eve wants to go to the cinema.
Jenna wants to go to the club.
Discuss in small groups, which is the best choice.