Simon Andrewes analyses the approach known as Communicative Language Teaching. It was minted on certain assumptions about students’ needs, classroom composition, exposure to L2, cultural packaging, uses of language, learner autonomy, etc. If these assumptions do not apply to a particular teaching situation, the methodology itself is invalidated . . .
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