COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH

BY :

ENDANG SETIAWATI

MUHAIMIN

TBI-A

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.

What is the communicative approach?

The communicative approach is

the theory that language is

communication. The

Communicative Approach is

regarded more as an approach.

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.

The Principles of the Communicative Approach:

Learners learn through using it to communicateAuthentic and meaningful communication should be the goal of classroom activitiesFluency is an important dimension of communicationCommunication involves the integration of different language skillsLearning is a process of creative construction and involves trial and error

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

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.

STRENGHT

It will increase students’ speaking skill

Students are expected to interact with other people.

Can be created the comfort, circumstances

 

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

The techniques:

Authentic materialsScrambled sentencesPicture strip storyLanguage gamesRole-play