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    The document discusses the principles and characteristics of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). It states that CLT focuses on developing students' communicative competence rather than just their linguistic competence. It emphasizes using the target language communicatively in meaningful contexts, integrating language skills, and focusing on functional aspects of language over grammatical accuracy. The teacher acts as a facilitator rather than just a lecturer, and encourages student-student interaction to promote language use.

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    The document discusses the principles and characteristics of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). It states that CLT focuses on developing students' communicative competence rather than just their linguistic competence. It emphasizes using the target language communicatively in meaningful contexts, integrating language skills, and focusing on functional aspects of language over grammatical accuracy. The teacher acts as a facilitator rather than just a lecturer, and encourages student-student interaction to promote language use.

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    The document discusses the principles and characteristics of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT). It states that CLT focuses on developing students' communicative competence rather than just their linguistic competence. It emphasizes using the target language communicatively in meaningful contexts, integrating language skills, and focusing on functional aspects of language over grammatical accuracy. The teacher acts as a facilitator rather than just a lecturer, and encourages student-student interaction to promote language use.

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    The main focus is to make the learners able to understand

    the intention and expression of the writers and speakers

    Communicative functions are more important rather than


    It has been notice that the goal of the most of the methods is
    linguistic structures
    to make the students able to communicate in the target
    language.
    The target language is used in the clasroom
    it had been observed that students were able to write and
    Appropriate use of language is emphasize rather than
    read the sentences in target language correctly.
    accuracy
    Communicative Language Teaching It had been accepted by the educators that to be able to
    Language should be taught by integrating all language skills
    communicate in the target language, communicative
    and not by only one skill
    competence is required with linguistic competence.
    Language cannot be learnt through rote memorization and
    CLT is an approach to teach foreign or second language
    isolation.
    which emphasizes n communicative competence. It also
    The major focus is to make the learner able to communicate Principles of CLT emphasizes on interaction as a means to teach language.
    in the target language
    SLT approach was on to teach the basic structures of
    It provides the opportunities to communicate in the target language.
    language. It encourages teacher-student and student-student
    interaction

    It provides the learners not only about what to say but also It aims to make learners to attain communicative
    about how to say. competence, use language accurately and appropriately

    Teacher should create situations which help to promote The major focus while using CLT approach is
    communication and how language should be used in social Characteristics of CLT on learners. The teacher is just the facilitator
    context and manages the environment and helps the
    learners to become autonomous
    Language teaching techniques should be designed in such
    way that it encourages the learners to use the target The syllabus emphasizes the functional use of language
    language
    Communicative activities enable the learners, engage
    Students should be given opportunities to listen to language earners in communication
    as it is used in authentic communication
    Characteristics and Principles of
    Communicative Language Teaching

    Role of the Teachers in the classroom


    Role of the Learners in the classroom
    Teachers are just the facilitators who facilitate the learning
    process. While using CLT approach in the class room, the
    teachers do not interrupt during the learning process to
    correct the errors of the learners. The teacher are also active The major focus in CLT approach is on communication
    participants of the communicative process. process rather than mastering linguistics structures. CLT is a
    learner center approach. The learners are expected to
    participate in the communication process actively

    Communicative language teaching is an approach which


    provides opportunity to the learners to communicate in the
    target language. They use of functional aspect of language
    makes them able to communicate in the target language in
    Conclusion their day to day life. The activities which are used in the CLT
    approach such as dramas, role plays and games make
    learning enjoyable.

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