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Peer reviewedMurray, Ian – British Journal of Language Teaching, 1983
Discusses positive and negative aspects of teaching language use--the Communicative Approach. While the Communicative Approach is learner-centered and develops the students' communicative competence, the design and current tactics of this methodology are criticized as being "decontextualized" and "abstracted." (SL)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Comparative Analysis, Creative Activities
