Epistemological foundation of the communicative approach in second languages teaching: a cognitive-personal’s point of view

  • Carlos E. Segado Alonso Centro Universitario Villanueva
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_DIDA.2012.v24.39935
Keywords: epistemology, personalism, cognitive linguistics, communicative approach

Abstract

The methods of foreign language teaching are commonly grounded on various psychological, linguistic and sociological theories, but it is rare to find a particular didactic approach or resource which is anthropologically founded. Contemporary anthropology, from the Personalist Philosophy point of view, together with Cognitive Linguistics, enables the epistemological foundation of communication acts. A preference towards a communicative approach over and above other techniques depends more on its adjustment to the true nature of the human communicative action than on its implicit efficiency to reach a mastery of linguistic competences.

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Carlos E. Segado Alonso, Centro Universitario Villanueva

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Published
2012-08-23
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Segado Alonso C. E. (2012). Epistemological foundation of the communicative approach in second languages teaching: a cognitive-personal’s point of view. Didáctica. Lengua y Literatura, 24, 473-487. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_DIDA.2012.v24.39935
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Vol. 24 (2012)
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