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Communicative Approach

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The communicative approach and the CAPS document approach to grammar teaching.
The ever growing need for good communication skills in English has created a huge demand for English teaching around the world, as millions of people today want to improve their command of English or ensure that their children achieve a good command of English... The worldwide demand for English has created an enormous demand for quality language teaching and language teaching materials and resources (Richards, 2006:05).Ironic, as it may seem, the English language runs like blood through the veins of nations worldwide. To have good communication skills in English is a burning desire for most people. In this essay we are going to critically comment on the communicative …show more content…

Learners learn how to read by doing a great deal of reading and learn to write by doing much writing. Therefore we can say that by the time a learner reaches the university level he or she must have been equipped with this foundation offered during the school years. The lack of receptive and productive language skills can be due to poor foundation of language teaching in schools. Thus this can contribute to the learner’s proficiency in their first year at university, as the institution will deduce that a learner is well informed about …show more content…

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Canale, M. & Swain, M. 1980. Theoretical bases of communicative approaches to second language teaching and testing. London: Modern English Publication.
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Richards, J.C. & Rogers, T.S. 1986. Approaches and methods in language teaching: A descriptive analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Richards, J.C. 2006. Communicative language teaching today. New York: Cambridge University Press.
South Africa. Department of Education. 2011. Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement CAPS.

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