Medyes´ Communicative Teacher

Medgyes in his article talks about the communicative approach and the role of the teacher not only what they are but also what they should do in a classroom. First he expresses the idea that CA is too demanding for the teacher but he doesn’t criticized the method he only points out the difficulties it presents to the language teachers to apply this method. Secondly he refers of some characteristic that teachers should have to be, for example that they should be extremely erudite and versatile people, be an instrument not the authority, learner centered, multidimensional, technically skilled, all what makes a super person. Also he refers of what teacher have to do, they have to produce real interaction, see that learning takes place, pay attention to form and meaning, create favorable conditions, keep control but let students exercise initiative and a lot more.