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ABSTRACT

It is observed that, in general, many teachers cannot engage in a long conversation in the French language. Basically, the communicative method is aimed exactly at the goal of training students to be able to express themselves with anyone in French. It was observed in this paper that the various techniques used in the communicative method are songs, exercises, role games, and audiovisuals. The song method allows students to master the pronunciation of French words and retain the lesson because, from the moment the students remember the song chatted by the teacher in class while teaching a particular lesson, the teacher remembers the lesson itself. The paper concluded that the barriers to the application of the communicative method are professional incompetence, lack of electronic devices, the government's attitude, and a lack of workshops for teachers. Professional experience in teaching is a big problem in the application of the communicative method. One of the recommendations was that linguistic and pedagogical courses should be organised locally and internationally for French teachers each year. This internship will allow French teachers to assess their level of competence, to promote their profession, and to be aware of the methodology, the techniques, and the most recent ones.

KEYWORDS: Communicative method, and French teaching.