The Alphadex method - Communicative approach
Introduction:
The ever-growing need for communication skills in English has created a huge demand for English teaching around the world.
Millions of people today want to improve their command of English or to ensure that their children achive a good command of English. And opportunities to learn English are provided in many different ways such as through formal instruction, travel, study abroad, as well as through the media and the internet. The world-wide demand for English has created an enormous demand for quality language teaching and language teaching materials and resources. Learners set themselves demanding goals. They want to be able master English to a high level of accuracy and fluency.
Employers too insist that their employees have good English language skills, and fluency in English is a pre-requisite for success and advancement in many fields of employment in today`s world. The demand for an appropiate teaching methodology is therefore as strong as ever.
The communicative approach method - currently used in the European Union, certified by Cambridge and internationally recognized.
Classroom activities
- Role play
- Interviews
- Information gap
- Games
- Language exchange
- Surveys
- Pair work
- Learning by teaching
Advantages:
- 80% of the time is the trainee who is speaking, thus having the possibility to practice the structures of the studied language during the course
- The trainee will start to think in the studied language
- It is a very attractive and pleasant method
- Both the trainer and the trainee speak in the studied foreign language
- It is adapted to the trainee’s needs
- Immediate progress
- Guaranteed results

