An activity with communication as the main aim and typically involving an information gap is called?

• A. Communicative activity
• B. Drilled practice
• C. Translation
• D. Lexical chunk

Answer: (A)

The main concept here is tasks designed to promote meaningful interaction and information exchange. An activity whose primary aim is communication and that typically involves an information gap is a communicative activity. In these tasks, each learner has different information, so they must talk with others to complete the goal, focusing on exchanging meaning rather than just practicing forms. This emphasis on real communication and negotiating information is what sets communicative activities apart.

Drilled practice centers on repeating specific language forms to build accuracy, not on exchanging information to achieve a shared outcome. Translation involves converting text from one language to another, which is different from interacting for a communicative purpose. Lexical chunks focus on recalling fixed phrases, which may not require solving a task through interpersonal negotiation.