Communicative Language Teaching Approach

•1960’s

New trendS

• IN THE PAST: (Audio-linguistic – Situational Language

Teaching) Focus on Grammatical

competence.

• IN THE PRESENT: (CLT)Focus on communicative

competence.

WHAT FEATURES HAS A LANGUAGE?

• Not just grammar!

BUT:• social, • cultural, and • Pragmatic characteristics

CLT is a set of principles

1. Goals of language teaching

2. How students learn

3. Kind of classroom activities that facilitate learning

4. Role of teacher and student.

CLT IS WHAT WORKS NOW!

• Effective language teaching: Communicative Language Teaching.