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Functional Approach in Language Teaching

The functional approach to language teaching focuses on meaning and is characterized by systemic theory, functional organization of language, and discourse analysis. It emphasizes the communicative functions of language, the three types of meaning, and the role of each language element within the linguistic system. This approach is applied in educational settings to help achieve specific communicative goals.

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Functional Approach in Language Teaching

The functional approach to language teaching focuses on meaning and is characterized by systemic theory, functional organization of language, and discourse analysis. It emphasizes the communicative functions of language, the three types of meaning, and the role of each language element within the linguistic system. This approach is applied in educational settings to help achieve specific communicative goals.

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Functional approach to language teaching:

Functional approach to language teaching concentrates on meaning function.

“Functional approach has the following three characteristic features:

1) It is based on systemic theory: Systemic theory is a theory of meaning as


choice. It means starting with the most general features and proceeding step
by step so as to become even more specific.

2) It is functional in three distincts: First, it is concerned with the way language


is organized to fulfill communicative functions. Second, it aims to account for
three basic kinds of meaning, the ideational, the interpersonal and the textual.
Third, each element in a language is explained by reference to its function in
the total linguistic system.

3) It is discourse approach. It aims to provide two levels of discourse analysis:


the first is the understanding f the text. The second is the evaluation of the
text.” Halliday,( 1985). Functional approach may be found in the following
forms. It could be found in, introducing other people, apologizing , asking and
giving information.

Functional approach to language teaching is used in educational


environments. It helps to present specific purposes for a speaker to achieve
his goals. An example, is a context of a classroom in a school requires a special
functions.

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