UNIT 15 - APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE TEACHING

            Unit 15 is about Approaches to language teaching. It refers to or view of language and our view of how language learning takes place. First, we as feature teachers should know what is an approach. So it is a way of looking at teaching and learning. Underlying any language teaching approach is a theoretical view of what language is, and of how it can be learnt. An approach gives rise to methods, the way of teaching something, which use classroom activities or techniques to help students in the learning process. Therefore, we have to realize that there are supporters of communicative approaches. For example, believe that language is a tool to communicate meaning and that generally speaking, we learn language best by using it in communicative activities that focus on fluency. Teachers should encourage students to practice speaking in order to get an excellent fluent language as well as the importance of communication. Learners must know that communication is the most significant aspect of language because meaning is communicated through functions, grammar, vocabulary, discourse and skills.

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