English Conditional Sentences A Comparative Analysis Of The Structural And Communicative Approaches In Teaching To Non-native Speakers

In this study an attempt was made to find out ~lhethe:ror notrnthe °Communicative approach' in the teaching of English ConditionalrnSentences is more effective than the 'Structural Approach'. Torntest thislSnglish functions that employ conditional sentences werernidentified. Then, teaching materials were prepared along the principlesrnof the 'Communicative Approach' and given to three studyrngroupso For the three control groups, teachinJ materials based onrnthe 'Structural Approach' were given.rnAll in alI, 10:2. students" all Amharic speakers, were randomlyrndistributed into six groups~ Out of these, 78 students attendedrnthe experimental classes regularly and took the to10tests given •.Inrnthe scores obtained, the study groups performed better than the controlrngroups at a significance level of .05. It was also observedrnthat the study groups showed more interest, motivation, creativity,rninvolvement, and sensitivity to learn the materials they wer e givenrnthan the control groups.rnOn the basis of the findings, it was recommended that nonnativernspeakers should be taught English through the 'CommunicativernApproach' • It was also recommended that intensive research shouldrnbe carried out in 'Discourse Analysis' in order to facilitate therndesigning and application of a 'Communicative Syllabu

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