2014•Journal of Teaching English for Specific and Academic PurposesOpen access

COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH TO TEACHING ENGLISH FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES IN MEDICINE

Baeva Tamara Achmatovna

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In the communicative approach, also known as the communicative language teaching, the central concept is «communicative competence» which is, in our case – the ultimate goal of teaching Medical English. The present article describes examples of exercises aimed at formation of all components of foreign language communicative competence, presented in a new tutorial for medical students based on the communicative approach.

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Key concepts: Communicative competence, Communicative language teaching, Psychology, Linguistics, Foreign language teaching, English language, Competence (human resources), Foreign language