Strategies for language production

Caicedo pointed out some clue factors that teachers need to consider when
promoting language production based on the Functional – Notional Approach.

✓ Functional language never appears in isolation, on the contrary, it is always

presented in context.

✓ Intonation and pronunciation play an important role when enhancing the

communicative competence.

✓ Aspects of appropriacy is important for students as it make students aware of

contexts and situations (formal-informal).

✓ There is the possibility that a specific structure can have many different language
functions.

✓ One function can be expressed using some different language structures.

Caicedo has displayed a chart in order to comprehend the instruction of the

Functional-Notional Approach.

Table 2. Functional-Notional Approach instruction.

Source: Functional-Notional Approach instructions, 2010.
Adapted by: (Curipallo, 2019)

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