The problem is actually not the communicative approach

I must begin by admitting unashamedly that I still see the communicative approach in foreign language and second language instruction (hereafter FL and SL respectively) more of a challenge than an imposition, a problem or even a shibboleth. Under the term communicative approach (CA), I would include not only the goal of communicating, but also some experience of communication in the classroom as the means to achieve that end.