The present study aims at investigating the effectiveness of the communicative approach on teaching grammar and language activities. The sample of the study consists of 193 (male and female students) of general English language at Read Sea University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities for the academic year 2012/2013. It is a mixed method research design "mixing both methods", using descriptive and interpretive analysis. A descriptive-correlation design was employed among the samples of the study to find out the effectiveness of communicative approach in teaching grammar and language activities, a student's pre-test and post- test and teachers' questionnaire were used for data collection. The data was analyzed by using a variety of statistical methods. The analysis of the data has focused on verifying the effectiveness of the communicative approach in understanding grammar and language activities compared to traditional approaches. The results of the investigation have revealed the following: a. Using the communicative approach in second language teaching is more effective in understanding grammar and language activities than traditional approaches. b. The Communicative approach is more sufficient in learning than other approaches. The study concluded with some recommendations.1. Language lab is important in order to provide learners with opportunities to be exposed to the target language as used by native speakers. 2. It is useful for EFL teachers to follow training courses in applying CA principles as other countries 3. Finally, further researches which are related to the communicative approach are suggested.
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