Basic principles to raise communication

1. Massive input.
2. Massive usual vocabulary and language.
3. To deal, to play with language.
4. Maybe (not) a single topic for the whole program.
5. To exploit the language the students have already learned previously.
6. Mostly in English.
7. They say and write sentences with the stuff they know.
8. To exploit those sentences for communication.
9. Even to hold communication by isolated words at the beginning.
10. Oral and written messages by them.
11. Aural mainly.
12. They use learning strategies. “How do I get to…?” The students set their own goals and write them down.
13. Logical steps: first, listening and speaking. (Mary Jane Amaya)
14. Logical steps when teaching a grammar point, like for example, a verbal tense: listening, speaking, reading, writing. (Mary Jane Amaya)
15. Molding the responses we expect from the students. (Mary Jane Amaya)
16. Repetition of the pattern, of the activity, of the procedures or routines, revision, etc.
17. Perseverance and continuousness, both by the students and by the teacher.
18. Also drills.
19. As well as communication.
20. Fun.
21. Everyday topics.
22. To excite communication.
23. Realia and visual aids.
24. Activities can take the form of games.
25. To demand speaking in English from them.
26. To make good use and take profit and advantage of what they have already learned.