What I would see as at the heart of the communicative approach is to maximise the amount of language being used within a school. This can be achieved by not upholding a strict delineation between the classroom and the wider activities of the school.
In short, it’s less about the content of lessons than in the way it is taught. For me, it’s about creating an environment which is language rich and to try and break down the inherently artificial character of the classroom. To put it another way, the bits of chat you have in . . .
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