Communicative methods in teaching English

METHODOLOGY

• According to Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, methodology is “a body of methods, procedures, working concepts, rules and postulates employed in the solution of a problem or in doing something

we can say that

methodology, or teaching in this sense, is a set of methods based on the same rules and having a common aim, e.g. to encourage students to use the language, involve

• the students in the lesson, or explain the language to students who have
• to listen attentively.

Dealing with communicative approach, teacher should bear in mind that it is not only dialogues and monologues which make pupils & students speak but also variety of interactive methods, sometimes even created and organized by the teacher.

In the classroom #1

The most effective, tried – and – tested methods are:

• Brainstorming
• Debates

Brainstorming

• Ideas
• Opinion
• Creativity
• Extraordinary preparation & presentation