نبذة مختصرة : Communication is defined as the exchange of information between two or more people. Human, as being social existence meet their need of communication by using linguistic or non-linguistic symbols. The realization of communication requires both, sender and receiver as well as the use of symbols with same meanings. Traditional foreign language teaching the teacher generally applies and tries to explain a means communication unfamiliar to the student. In this case, the communication neither has a real receiver nor does there a vivid communication example exist that the students could imitate. In classes where the Communication Assistant Based Foreign Language Teaching Approach is applied there is a teacher and an assistant who are familiar with the target language and culture as well as the mother tongue and culture of students. For an application of this approach two beginner classes were determined; of which one became the experimental and the other the control group. A student born and raised in a country where the target language is spoken is assigned as a communication assistant. At the end of this application it was determined that this approach had a positive influence on the learner in that the students’ achievement and their participation and besides it had provided a stress free teaching atmosphere.
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