Esensi Penerapan Kurikulum yang Komunikatif dalam Pengajaran Bahasa Asing

This article is intended to elaborate about the phenomena of implementing a curriculum in teaching a language that takes a look at the communicative approach to the teaching of foreign languages. It is intended as an introduction to the communicative approach for teachers and teachers-in-training who want to provide opportunities in the classroom for their students to engage in real-life communication in the target language. Questions to be dealt with include what the communicative approach is, where it came from, and how teachers' and students' roles differ from the roles they play in other teaching approaches. Examples of exercises that can be used with a communicative approach are described, and sources of appropriate materials are provided.Communicative Approach in Improving English Speaking Skills Toward Student Motivation