Chapter I questioning strategies

Main features of structural approach

The structural approach makes use of the following features for teaching the language:

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  Word order – Word order or the pattern of form is very important in Language for e.g.:
  

a) Jo broke his toy

b) The toy broke Jo

sentence a) Jo broke his toy – makes proper sense. it shows the arrangement or pattern of words.

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  The presence of function words:
  

Function words help in modifying meaning considered the following sentence -

for e.g.:

a) I ate an ice cream.

b) I'm eating an ice cream.

c) I will eat an ice cream.

In the above given example, we can see the modified meaning.

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  the use of few Inflections:
  

By adding an affix, the base form of the word can be altered.e.g.:

a) In verbs: I play; he plays; I am playing ; I played

b) In nouns; One boy; two boys; one man

c) In adjective and adverb: Great – Greater – Greatest