Learning a foreign language means developing the ability to communicate in that language in any context. To do this, various methods are used that aim to bring reality closer to what is taught. Related to this issue is the communicative approach to language, a method that seeks to achieve useful learning in order to communicate with native people in real situations.

The communicative approach is based on carrying out activities in which various materials are used that bring students closer to the reality of a language. With this idea, situations are created that can occur in real life to which they must respond. For example, in order to choose a travel itinerary for the holidays, they must use communication and different materials.

From situations like the one mentioned, students will have to investigate, communicate and manage to resolve the situation. This approach does not consist of working on the vocabulary to answer small questions, but tries to create moments as close to reality in which students will use communication to solve them.

The main objective of this educational approach is the development of the communication skills of the students in the language that is being taught, this being a real communication.

Role-playing games to recreate real life situations in the classroom.
Use of real materials: audio from native speakers, press texts or articles from well-known magazines in countries where Spanish is spoken.
Projects that require research on a specific topic.