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• ale and Swain   (1980) presented four dimensions of communicative competnece: grammatical   competence, sociolinguistic c
• e and Swain   (1980) presented four dimensions of communicative competnece: grammatical   competence, sociolingui
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• ate upon this point by providing a step-by-step guide that will give teachers everything they need to know for conducting debate in an English class.

• The communicative approach to language teaching emphasizes the use of language, meaning and language as a communication tool and hypothesizes that learners become proficient by using the language and not just by learning about the language. However, it is the view of this writer that merely using the language and knowing the meaning is not enough. To become proficient in a language, learners need to use creative and critical thinking through the target language. This paper explains what is needed and how it is achieved.
• However, by only using and knowing the meaning, learners do not become proficient in the target language. I strongly believe that learners can only become proficient language users if they, besides using the language and knowing the meaning, could display creative and critical thinking through the language. This implies that the learners must be creative in their production of ideas, and critically support them with logical explanation, details and examples.