1. Lessons are more learner-centred, and there may be use of authentic materials.
2. Students' motivation to learn comes from their desire to communicate in meaningful ways about meaningful topics.
3. Teachers in communicative classrooms will find themselves talking less and listening more.
4. It is based on the idea that learning language successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning.
4.1. When learners are involved in real communication, their natural strategies for language acquisition will be used.
5. Practising question forms by asking learners to find out personal information about their colleagues is an example of the communicative approach.
6. The students do most of the speaking, and frequently the scene of a classroom during a communicative exercise is active, with students leaving their seats to complete a task.
