teaching approaches for young learners

The natural approach:

This approach aims to develop basic personal oral and written communication skills. Its basic premises (Krashen & Terrell 1983) are:

-  The general goal is communication skills.

-  Comprehension precedes production.

-  Production emerges without forcing it, after a silent period.

-  Learning activities must promote subconscious acquisition rather than conscious learning.

Communicative approach:

This approach aims to develop basic personal oral and written communication skills

- This is determined with the emphasis on content, meaning and interest.

- Focus is on communication.

- The emphasis is on writtind and reading.

- Incorrect utterances are seen as deviations from the norms of standard grammar.

- Aims to the Spoken interactions (listening and speaking).

- Is student-centred.