The Principled Communicative Approach offers a fresh take on communicative language teaching, based on cutting-edge research in psychology and linguistics. The Principled Communicative Approach integrates scientific discoveries with the accumulated experience of classroom practitioners. In this book the three renowned authors propose seven key principles that underlie effective communicative teaching, and then illustrate these principles with 75 practical classroom activities. The Principled Communicative Approach is a unique blend of theory embedded in practice, providing excellent resource material for the classroom that students will find motivating and very rewarding, but also useful information for teachers to keep up with the latest developments in the field.