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Notional Approach

The functional-notional approach focuses on teaching language functions like suggesting, promising, apologizing rather than just grammar structures. It aims to explain how people use language in real communication. Some criticisms are that it is difficult to decide the order of teaching functions and lacks a clear syllabus of grammatical structures. However, advantages include its focus on communicative expressions and suitability for beginners. It categorizes functions into personal, interpersonal, directive, referential, and imaginative categories and teaches general notions like time in addition to specific vocabulary.

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Notional Approach

The functional-notional approach focuses on teaching language functions like suggesting, promising, apologizing rather than just grammar structures. It aims to explain how people use language in real communication. Some criticisms are that it is difficult to decide the order of teaching functions and lacks a clear syllabus of grammatical structures. However, advantages include its focus on communicative expressions and suitability for beginners. It categorizes functions into personal, interpersonal, directive, referential, and imaginative categories and teaches general notions like time in addition to specific vocabulary.

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Functional-notional

Approach
TEAM # 4

Nohemi Cardenas
Andrea Muros
Carolina Gaxiola
CRITICISM ADVANTAGES OBJECTIVE

FUNCTIONAL-NOTIONAL
APPROACH
ADVANTAGES NOTIONS

FUNCTIONS FUNCTIONS
CATEGORIES
FUNCTIONS
Is a communicative act.

It is the use of the language to achieve a purpose, usually involving the


interaction of at least two people.

EXAMPLES
Suggesting
Promising
Apologizing
Greeting
Inviting
OBJECTIVES
Explain the language in terms of what
people do with it.

How they use the language to live.


Criticism
Order:
Criticisms of functional approaches include the difficulty in deciding
the order in which different functions should be presented.
Another problem lies in the wide range of grammatical structures
needed to manipulate basic functions at different levels of
formality.
No structures syllabus
There is also the apparently random nature of the language used,
which may frustrate learners used to the more analytical and
building-block approach that a grammatical syllabus can offer.
Another apparent weakness is the question of what to do at higher
levels.
Advantages
Communicatively useful expressions
Focus on communication
Suitable to beginners
Functional Categories of Language
Personal: clarifying or arranging ones ideas
Interpersonal: establish and maintain desirable social and
working relationships
Directive: attempt to influence the actions of others; accept or
refuse direction
Referential: informing or reporting about things, talking about
languages
Imaginative: discussions involving elements of creativity and
artistic expression
Notions
Its a concept or idea
Specific
General
(vocabulary)
(topics)

Time past
temporal clauses

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