Then, English Language Center Brigham Young University states the uses of simple present tense are to talk about;
Facts; e.g, Tigers live in Asia. Habit; e.g. I watch the news every night.
Attitudedesire; e.g. They work classical music. Thinkingsenses; e.g. I smell smoke.
Based on the theories above, it can be concluded that the simple present tense is the simple form of verb to show an action that takes place in the present , and must add
‘s’ in the end of verb for the third person singular.
2. Communicative Approach
a. Definition of Communicative Approach
In English language teaching, there are many kinds of method used by the teacher. One of them is communicative approach.
H. Douglas Brown states that Communicative Language Teaching CLT or Communicative Approach is the “push toward communication” Higgs Clifford
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Richards and Rodgers 1986 describe Communicative Language Teaching
CLT as an approach rather than method, since it is defined in rather broad terms and represents a philosophy of teaching that is based on communicative
language use. CLT has developed from the writings of British applied linguists such as Wilkins, Widdowson, Brumfit, Candlin, and others, as well as American
educators such as Savignon 1983, all of whom emphasize notional-function concepts and communicative competence, rather than grammatical structures, as
a central to language teaching.
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H. Douglas Brown, Principles of Language Learning and Teaching Fourth Edition, New York: Longman, 2000, p. 266.
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Muhammad Farkhan, An Introduction to Linguistics, Jakarta: UIN Jakarta Press, 2005, P. 146.
According to Diane Larsen-freeman: “Communicative approach is one of methods that emphasize the acquisition of linguistic structures or vocabulary”.
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According to her, when we communicate, we use the language to accomplish some function, such arguing, persuading or promising. Moreover, we carry out these
functions within a social context. A speaker will choose a particular way to express his argument not only based upon his intent and his level of emotion, but also on
whom he is addressing and what his relationship with that person is. Graham Lock states the communicative approach is the method to make the
learners can use the language to communicate appropriately in real context.
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Based on the assumptions above, the writer assumes that communicative approach is the approach that emphasizes the acquisition of linguistics to make the
student have the communicative competence appropriately in real context.
b. Principle of Communicative Approach
