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of Shakespeare, such as “The merchant of Venice”, “Othello”, The Necklace”, etc. But do you know what a play should include? S3: Maybe actors and places. S2: I think it should consist of developing process, time, and settings. T: I agree with you, a play is just like a matter. So the components included in a matter are also essential in a play. The teacher discusses with the students about the topic, in the group, he doesn’t act as the authority but just as an ordinary group member. In such an activity, the students talk with the teacher freely and naturally and this will make the students be more courageous to express themselves in front of the teacher. (v) Stimulating interaction “Interaction can be stimulated if the teacher gives students the opportunity to each other about what is important to them.”[26] The students are always changeable in their mind and their mood is very uneven. One way of helping adolescents to cope is to create opportunities for them to speak out and to be heard. This goal can be achieved with the activities which require from the students a willingness to share a little of themselves and give them the opportunity to think about the values which guide the lives. Here is an activity called ‘Values Objects’ in which the teacher asks the students to bring to class the values which are significant or important to them, then divides the class into groups of four and asks them to take turns in explaining the significance or importance of the objects.”[27] (vi) Building up the students’ confidence Everyone fears of looking foolish in the public, so what the teacher should do is to reduce the students’ anxiety and increase their confidence by providing some comprehensive input and not to pressure the students before they are ready to speak. The teacher should select some practical and group-done activities in which the students are absorbed in and forget apprehension which hinders their learning, and build up their self-confidence. Among the students, though some students are out-going and they are brave enough to express themselves in English, some other ones are very shy. Linguist Ilola considers Communicative Approach to be a good way for the students to build up their confidence. Every student has the opportunity to participate in the activity. Besides, the students can find problems, correct mistakes and improve themselves during communication with their partners. [28] 3.3.2 The role of the students According to Communicative Approach, the class should be a student-centered class; the students are the main participants, so the result of the class is laid on the students. The students are the main actors in a class and they should make good preparations before class and have a strong drive to communicate with others .In class, the students should coordinate with the teacher actively and follow the teacher’s steps seriously. Only by doing this will a class be a successful class. 3.4 Summary 3.4.1 The effect of Communicative Approach As the Communicative Teaching Approach applied in middle school foreign language teaching, the students have improved their speaking skill and they are good at communicating with others. Besides, they have great interest in learning English and all these communicative activities also help them to obtain self—confidence. What is more, most students in communicative classroom are more outgoing than in traditional classroom. The students really cultivate the ability of c