Download or read book Teaching Language as Communication written by H. G. Widdowson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1978-06-22 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: H. G. Widdowson has played an important and pioneering role in the development of communicative language teaching theory. This book develops a rational approach to the teaching of language as communication based on a careful consideration of the nature of language and of the language user's activities. It provides a lucid guide through a subject which is often confused and misrepresented, while providing a stimulus to all language teachers to investigate the ideas that inform their own practices.