COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

Communications and Methods for a Communicative Approach

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Communications and Methods for a Communicative Approach

Introduction

According to Robert Neil, prior to the communicative approach, the goal of most of the methods was to prepare students to communicate in the target language. However, in the 1970s educators began to question whether these methods were going to meet the goal in the right manner. Some observed that even though learners were able to produce correct sentences, they were unable to communicate appropriately in real life situations. Some noted that learners may know the rules, but they are unable to communicate. Briefly, to ...