Description
The book "Communicative Language Teaching: An Introduction" discusses the impact of the communicative approach on foreign language teaching. It is aimed at current teachers and provides a comprehensive overview of the basic principles of communicative language teaching. The author emphasizes the importance of integrating these ideas into existing teaching methods and highlights the continued importance of grammar in effective communication.
The communicative approach is changing the face of foreign language teaching. This book provides an introduction to communicative language teaching for practising classroom teachers. The author gives a single coherent account of the basic communicative ideas, emphasizing those aspects most important in the classroom so that teachers can integrate the new ideas into their own familiar methods. He stresses that a knowledge of grammar remains essential for effective communication.