Communicative Approach
The Communicative
Language Teaching, also called Communicative Approach or Functional
Approach was the British version of the movement in the early 60s
in reaction to the structuralism and behaviorism embodied in the audiolingualism
then predominant. The new directions in the theory of language aired
by Chomsky and an increasing demand for language teaching among the
countries of the European Common Market were the thrusting forces
behind this methodology. The basic unit of language became not the
sentence, but the communicative act. Function rather than form, and
meaning rather than pattern determine the designing of materials.
Communicative competence rather than grammatical competence is the
goal. Language is tentatively subdivided in areas according to functionality.
Didactic Materials can be chosen to best suit the student´s
needs. We count on a number of source-books from our library and the
boooks available in the market. Sometimes we prefer not to choose
one single source, but extract information and practice from various
materials.
