Structural & Functional Approach

1. Name: Solanki Alpa H.
Batch: 2017-19
Roll no.: 02
Class: M.A. Sem-3
Paper no.: 12(English Language Teaching-1)
Submitted: Department of English

2. Introduction
Theoretical positions and beliefs about the nature of
language teaching and language learning and the
applicability of both to pedagogical settings are
includes into the approaches.
Approaches seeks to be provide a comprehensive and
comprehensible accounts of major and minor trends
in language teaching from beginning of the 20th
century to the present also.

5.  What is Approach ?
An approach is a set of correlative
assumptions dealing with the nature of language
teaching and learning.
An approach is axiomatic.

6.  What is structure ?
Look at these sentences –
 I am going to school.
 Going I am school to
“A structure is the particular word order or
arrangement of words”.

7. Structural Approach
Structural Approach lays stress on learning language
through structures and grammatical patterns.
Way to learn English grammar
Focuses on word formation (pattern and language
accuracy)
Prescriptive model that suggests learner’s should start
to develop rules for problems solving
Thus based on usefulness and teachability

9.  What is function ?
 The Communicative act
 It is the use of language to achieve a purpose
 Studies the functions of a word in speech
 Meaning of a word is studied through relations of it
with other linguistic units

10. Functional Approach
The Functional Approach explains the behavior is
indebted to Smith Freud and Durkheimnged.
The language is needed to express different functions
for example suggesting.
Seeks to impart instruction in the hope that
attempting to use language in life like or real world
context is the best way of learning.
Given to students while teaching through this
approach which related with the Communication
between Teacher & Students.