1.What are the seven basic functions that language performs for children learning their first language?
´ð£ºHalliday described seven basic function that language performs for children learning their first language.language can be used to get thins;to control the behaviour of others;to create interaction with others;to express personal feelings;to learn and to discover;to create a world of the imagination and to communicate information.
2.What are the four dimensions of communicative competence proposes by Canale and Swain?
´ð£ºAccording to Canale and Swain,communiacative competence entails four dimensions.They are grammatical competence,sociolinguistic competence,discourse competence,and Strategic competence.Gmammatical competece refers to what Chomsky call"linguistic cimpetence".Sociolinguistic competence refers to an understanding of the social contex in which communication takes place,including role relationships,the shared information of the participants,and the communicative purpose for the interaction.Discourse competence refers to the interpretation of individual message elements in term of their interconnectedness and of how meaning is represented in relationship to the entire discourse or text stratgic competence refers to the coping strtegies that communicators employ to start,keep,repair and redirect communication.
3.What are the four characteristics of a communicative view of language summed up by Richards and Rodgers?
´ð£ºA communicative view of language has the following four characteristics:1)Language is a system for the expression of meaning.2)The primary function of language is for interaction and communication.3)The structure of language reflects its functional and communicative uses..4)The primary units of language are merely its garmmatical and structural features,but categories of functional and communicative meaning as exemplified in discourse.
4.What are the five points to characterize the Communivative Approach offered by Bavid Nunan?
´ð£ºDavid Nunan offers fie points to characterize the Communicative Approach:1)An emphasis on learning to communicate through interaction in the target language;2)The introduction of authentic texts into the learning situation;3)The provision of opportunities for learners to focus,not only on language but also on the learning process itself;4)An enhancement of yhe learner's own personal experiences as important contributing elements to classroom learning;5)An attempt to link classroom language learning with language activation outside the classroom.
5.How does the Communicative Approach develop separated skills of listening,speaking,reading and writing?
´ð£ºThe following are some suggestions for developing separated skills.To promote speaking skills,the teacher could use communication games,problem solving activities,simulation/role play,personal responses,rules/patterns of conversation,and so on to engage the students in language  interaction.Putting pictures in a correct sequence;following directions in a map;checking off items in a photograph;completing a grid,timetable,or chart of information,etc.can be used to develop listening skills.Reading skills could be developed through skimming,scanning,text unscrambling,information transfer activities,and so on.The classroom can also provide an environment for writting at each of the following three main stages:1)gathering idea:prewreiting and planning;2)working on drafts;3)perparing the final version.
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comment on the advantages and disdvantages of the communicative approach
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Advantages:1)It can include wide considrations of what is appropriates of what is appropriate as well as what is accurate;2)It can handle a wider range of language,covering texts and conver sations as well as sentences;3)The Communicative Approach can provide realistic and motivating language practice;4)It uses what learners"know"about the functions of language from their experience with their own mother tongue
Disadvatages:1)It remains vague about how close it is practically to tailoe a syllabus to learners' needs and about the relative importance of accuracy and fluency.2)The most obvious possible pedagogical risks connected with CLT is the fossolization of learner's errors.3)CLT is unclear about how the rules of use can be taught though it emphasizes the importance of teaching the rules of use.