Advice or Advise? Bear or Bare? Licence or License?
Are you confused when to use these words?
I don’t blame you. Do you know why?
Since 1970, Malaysians have been using the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Approach to teach and learn English. The CLT approach places a lot of emphasis on “Communicative English” and it is not based on the study of grammar. As a result, most Malaysians cannot speak and write English proficiently today.
In the CLT Approach, the emphasis is mostly on spoken English. Hence, most Malaysians lack the knowledge of grammar.
What is grammar?
Grammar is the science which deals with language and its correct use.
If you don’t understand grammar, you will be confused when to use the words mentioned above.
Learn English using the right approach, the Structural Approach, which is based on the study of Traditional Grammar.