What is the Communicative Approach?
These days, teachers know students have all kinds of reasons for studying English! What do you teach when everybody wants something different?
These days, teachers know students have all kinds of reasons for studying English! What do you teach when everybody wants something different?
Around the 1960s and 1970s, people started studying all the rules of grammar, spelling and pronunciation. But how useful is this research for people who want to learn a new language?
In WW2, some soldiers had to learn a foreign language to talk to soldiers from other countries. The Problem: They had 2-3 months to study! Here are the exercises they used to learn fast!
Let’s look at some of the main English study exercises you can do and see what kind of skills they build.
The Reading Approach – 1920s and 1930s In the 1920s and 1930s- American schools started making students learn a new language.. However, most students would never leave the country and most teachers could not really speak the language. There was a test created by the U.S. government… However, it only tested reading ability. So boring! …
The Direct Approach – 1900s In the early 1900s, people started traveling all over the world. People needed to listen and speak to each other. Teachers in class would would point to things in class and say the name and slowly teach students like babies learn from their parents. Teachers in the direct method were very …