1. A communicative grammar lesson gives the students the opportunity to practice the target grammar item through specific communicative tasks and activities.
2. A communicative task should provide students the opportunity to use language to communicate.
3. When designing a communicative task, teachers need to be sure to incorporate grammar in context. That means, students should see how language works within a conversation or a piece of writing.
4. When teaching grammar in context it's important to consider students' proficiency levels as well as their previous experiences with the target grammar item.