Language Teaching Approaches are something that reflect a certain model or theory, in this case related to language teaching. In the final years of the 20th century, in addition to the most common Grammar-Translation Approach, many other approaches have been widely used. While che Grammar-Translation Approach in an extension to the approach used to teach Latin and classical Greek, nowadays it is important to adopt these new approaches to specific needs and situations. As we use languages to communicate, the Communicative Approach is surely a suitable example. Teachers who decide to adopt this approach become facilitators and ancourage students to communicate in pairs or work in groups through role-plays or dramatization to reflect real-life situations and social contexts. Errors that may occur are corrected secondarily, as the content is more important than the form and accuracy. Teaching approaches are comprised by principles. Thanks to principles, teachers should be able to determine which approach(es) is/are suitable for their students, and evaluate a textbook or a course. I suppose that in Italy foreign languages teachers are still to tied to "classical" methods that cannot guarantee fluency and self-confidence. In your country, which approach(es) is/are common to use?