Read the following excerpt about the Communicative Methodology:
“This redefinition of goals had a knock-on effect in terms of methodology: the focus on
communicating messages – as opposed to rehearsing structural patterns – created the
need for activities that encouraged some kind of meaningful exchange, as in informationgap tasks, and, in order to practice functional language, role plays and simulations became
standard practice. And since communicative competence implies the capacity to
communicate one’s meanings irrespective of formal accuracy, fluency was prioritized,
reinforcing the trend towards incorporating less-controlled production activities within the
PPP format. For similar reasons, the use of authentic reading and listening materials was
promoted, and classroom procedures for minimizing the difficulties of these – such as the
use of skimming and scanning strategies – became commonplace “
THORNBURY, 2011, p. 188-189. In: SIMPSON, J. (Ed.) The Routledge Handbook of Applied
Linguistics. London: Routledge, 2011.
Which statement best exemplifies this methodology in language learning?