tends to go back to the principles advocated by the structural view of language teaching, mainly to those of the audiolingual approach.

associates the teaching of language form to that of language use for communicative purposes.

emphasizes the teaching of oral language (phonology) instead of that of written language in its several diverse forms and uses.

puts communicative-type exercises above all other activities done in the class period to foster real pratice.

advocates the use of real tasks in order to expose students to correct forms of language to be used in class.