Q726305 - INAZ do Pará - 2018 - Prefeitura de São João do Araguaia - PA - Professor - Inglês

The communicative approach is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning. When learners are involved in real communication, their natural strategies for language acquisition will be used, and this will allow them to learn to use the language.

Available at: https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/article/communicative-approach. Access in: 22/06/2018.

An example of it is:

a) The learners plan an itinerary for a guest who is coming to stay with their teacher. They research places to visit and timetables. They prepare a written schedule and a short guide. Once the task is completed, they discuss some of the language that has been important with the teacher.
b) The aim of the class is for learners to understand the ‘rule of the day', which is that the past form of regular verbs is made using -ed. The teacher elicits a dialogue that includes clear examples of the structure. The learners practise it, and the teacher uses it to elicit the rules.
c) That this approach takes learner-centredness to a higher level. It shares many aspects with a similar approach, but if anything, it is even more ambitious. It makes a task the central focus of a lesson.
d) That this approach practices question forms by asking learners to find out personal information about their colleagues is an example of the communicative approach, as it involves meaningful communication.