The PPP Approach

"PPP" (or the "3Ps") stands for Presentation, Practice and Production, it´s a common approach to communicative language teaching that works through the progression of three sequential stages.
Presentation stage: The teacher begins the lesson by setting up a situation, either eliciting or modeling some language that the situation calls for. Presentation may consist of model sentences, short dialogues illustrating target items, either read from the textbook, heard on the tape or acted out by the teacher.
Practice stage: Students practice the new language in a controlled way. They drill sentences or dialogues by repeating after the teacher or the tape, in chorus and individually, until they can say them correctly. Other practice activities are matching parts of sentences, completing sentences or dialogues and asking and answering questions using the target language.
Production stage: Students are encouraged to use the new language in a freer way either for their own purposes or meanings or in a similar context introduced by the teacher. It can be a role play, a simulation activity or a communication task.