PRS303B NOTES
The communicative approach
Short description of the communicative approach: (5)
Language is viewed as a system of communication.
Language as communication involves the active use of grammar and vocabulary to listen and
read effectively and to speak with and write to other people.
Language should be learned functionally so that learners are able to see that different forms
of language communicates different meanings.
Language learning is the acquisition of communication skills.
All forms of communication is important, but the use of language to communicate is the most
important. Without language people find it difficult to communicate.
Characteristics of the communicative approach: (8)
Communication is purposeful: Communication develops as a verbal interaction between two
or more people. One person send the message and the other receives the message, the
message sent demands an answer. There should be a purpose to needing to learn the
language and wanting to use it.
Communication is related to content: it is the content and not the form that interests the
child.
Communication will at first be not without mistakes: theses mistakes should be ignored less
corrections, inhibit the enthusiasm of the speaker.
Communication can be verbal or non-verbal: verbal communication is the spoken word and
non-verbal communication is the calls attention to the body motions which are facial
expressions, gestures etc.
Communication means that: (3)
Children can receive a message
Children are able to correctly interpret what they have received.
Children can reply with an adequate response.
Fluency VS accuracy in the second language (4)
When communicating with the learners in the classroom, teachers should be more concered
with the message content than the message form.
What the learner says is more important than how they say it.
Learners will eventually learn how to deliver messages using the proper forms with enough
exposure to correct speech models.
The communicative approach
Short description of the communicative approach: (5)
Language is viewed as a system of communication.
Language as communication involves the active use of grammar and vocabulary to listen and
read effectively and to speak with and write to other people.
Language should be learned functionally so that learners are able to see that different forms
of language communicates different meanings.
Language learning is the acquisition of communication skills.
All forms of communication is important, but the use of language to communicate is the most
important. Without language people find it difficult to communicate.
Characteristics of the communicative approach: (8)
Communication is purposeful: Communication develops as a verbal interaction between two
or more people. One person send the message and the other receives the message, the
message sent demands an answer. There should be a purpose to needing to learn the
language and wanting to use it.
Communication is related to content: it is the content and not the form that interests the
child.
Communication will at first be not without mistakes: theses mistakes should be ignored less
corrections, inhibit the enthusiasm of the speaker.
Communication can be verbal or non-verbal: verbal communication is the spoken word and
non-verbal communication is the calls attention to the body motions which are facial
expressions, gestures etc.
Communication means that: (3)
Children can receive a message
Children are able to correctly interpret what they have received.
Children can reply with an adequate response.
Fluency VS accuracy in the second language (4)
When communicating with the learners in the classroom, teachers should be more concered
with the message content than the message form.
What the learner says is more important than how they say it.
Learners will eventually learn how to deliver messages using the proper forms with enough
exposure to correct speech models.
