A la recherche de l'enseignement communicatif (In Search of Communicative Instruction)

• Published in: The French review Vol. 65; no. 6; p. 908
• Main Author: Spielmann, Guy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: French
• Published: 1992
• Subjects: Classroom Environment; Classroom Techniques; Communicative Competence (Languages); French; Language Teachers; Second Language Instruction; Second Languages; Teacher Education; Teaching Methods

It is proposed that despite rich resources and theory for communicative language teaching, the educational system itself, including teacher education, serves as a barrier to the effective use of the approach. Teachers must be willing to give up comfortable old habits, particularly in classroom manag...