Is the communicative approach a panacea? Thoughts from Hong Kong

Dan Lu*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Communicative Approach has been dominant in the field of second language education since the 1970s. Although other teaching methods like the grammar-translation method, the audio-lingual method cannot be said to have disappeared completely, they become lifeless residues that are under the shadow of the Communicative Approach. A language course cannot be attractive without the label of the Communicative Approach. Along with an increasing number of proponents and publications concerning the effectiveness of the Communicative Approach, the circle of using it keeps expanding.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)383-389
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Asia TEFL
Volume1
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2004

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Education
  • Linguistics and Language

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