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What Is CLT

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach that prioritizes interaction as both the means and goal of language learning. It emphasizes authentic communication, fluency, and the integration of various language skills, positioning teachers as facilitators rather than traditional instructors. CLT encourages learners to engage in meaningful conversations and incorporate personal experiences into their language learning process.

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What Is CLT

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach that prioritizes interaction as both the means and goal of language learning. It emphasizes authentic communication, fluency, and the integration of various language skills, positioning teachers as facilitators rather than traditional instructors. CLT encourages learners to engage in meaningful conversations and incorporate personal experiences into their language learning process.

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What is CLT?

Communicative language teaching (CLT), or the communicative approach (CA) ,


is an approach to language teaching that emphasizes interaction as both the means
and the ultimate goal of study. According to Brown (2000), Communicative
Language Teaching (CLT) is a “[non]unified but broadly based theoretical position
about the nature of language and of language learning and teaching.”
“Communicative language teaching can be understood as a set of principles about
the goals of language teaching, how learners learn a language, the kinds of
classroom activities that best facilitate learning, and the roles of teachers and
learners in the classroom” (Richards, 2006) Richards and Rodgers (2001) claim
that the CLT principles discussed below also reflect a communicative view of
language and language learning: Learners learn a language through using it to
communicate. Authentic and meaningful communication should be the goal of
classroom activities. Fluency is an important dimension of communication.
Communication involves the integration of different language skills. Learning is a
process of creative construction and involves trial and error. Learners in
environments using communication to learn and practice the target language by
interactions with one another and the instructor, the study of "authentic texts"
(those written in the target language for purposes other than language learning),
and the use of the language both in class and outside of class. Learners converse
about personal experiences with partners, and instructors teach topics outside of
the realm of traditional grammar to promote language skills in all types of
situations. That method also claims to encourage learners to incorporate their
personal experiences into their language learning environment and to focus on the
learning experience, in addition to the learning of the target language. According to
CLT, the goal of language education is the ability to communicate in the target
language. This is in contrast to previous views in which grammatical competence
was commonly given top priority. CLT also positions the teacher as a facilitator,
rather than an instructor. Furthermore, the approach is a non-methodical system
that does not use a textbook series to teach the target language but works on
developing sound oral and verbal skills prior to reading and writing.

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