What Is Communicative Language Teaching?

Perhaps the majority of language teachers today, when asked to identify the methodology they employ in their classrooms, mention “communicative” as the methodology of choice. However, when pressed to give a detailed account of what they mean by “communicative,” explanations vary widely. Does communicative language teaching, or CLT, mean teaching conversation, an absence of grammar in a course, or an emphasis on open-ended discussion activities as the main features of a course? What do you understand by communicative language teaching?

Which of the statements below do you think characterizes communicative language teaching?
1. People learn a language best when using it to do things rather than through studying how language works and pract

Teaching Plan

Module 5 Unit13 Lesson 1 First Impressions

李伦军    2009-9-13