The communicative approach aims to make communication the goal of language teaching. It focuses on developing students' communicative competence through activities where students use language authentically and meaningfully to interact. Some key principles are that learning involves using language to communicate, fluency is important, and communication integrates different language skills. The teacher takes the role of facilitator rather than just instructor, and errors are tolerated as students practice communicating.
2. BACKGROUND
The origins of Communicative Approach are found
in the changes in the British language teaching
tradition in the late 1960s.
Situational Language Teaching (SLT) was the major
approach to teaching English as a FL.
Language was taught by practicing basic structures
in meaningful situation-based activities.
3. What is the communicative
approach?
The communicative approach is the
theory that language is
communication. The Communicative
Approach is regarded more as an
approach.
4. Communicative Approach aims to
• make communicative competence
the goal of language teaching. The
students are able to communicative
competence, to speak English
fluently and accurately.
5. The Principles of the
Communicative Approach:
Learners learn through using it to communicate
Authentic and meaningful communication should
be the goal of classroom activities
Fluency is an important dimension of
communication
Communication involves the integration of
different language skills
Learning is a process of creative construction and
involves trial and error
6. LEARNER ROLES AND TEACHER ROLES
Learner roles
• As A communicator
• As A negotiator .
• As A contributor
Teacher roles
• As A Fasilitator
• As a Manager
• As a monitor
• As Advisor
• As a guide
7. Characteristics
The primary function of language is for
interaction and communication
Errors of form are tolerated, are seen as natural
outcome
The students should be given opportunities
The mother tongue can be used however,
whenever possible the target language should be
used.
8. STRENGHT
It will increase students’ speaking skill
Students are expected to interact with
other people.
Can be created the comfort,
circumstances
9. WEAKNESSES
It can’t used in large class because the teacher
will be difficult in controll the student’s
activities.
Communicative Approach does not focus on
error correction.
Grammatical explanation might be avoided
10. The techniques:
Authentic materials
Scrambled sentences
Picture strip story
Language games
Role-play