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Communicative Language Teaching

AIM

 make communicative competence the goal of language teaching


 develop procedures for the teaching of the four macro skills

DEFINITION

 “an approach to foreign or second language teaching which emphasizes that the goal of
language learning is communicative competence” (Richards, et al., Dictionary of
Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, 1992: 65)
 “one of the most characteristic features of communicative language teaching is that it
pays systematic attention to functional as well as structural aspects of language,
combining these into a more fully communicative view” (Littlewood, 1981)
 CLT advocates go beyond teaching grammatical rules of the target language, and
propose that, by using the target language in a meaningful way, learners will develop
communicative competence. The communicative approach is concerned with the
unique individual needs of each learner. By making the language relevant to the world
rather than the classroom, learners can acquire the desired skills rapidly and agreeably.
(Simhachalam Thamarana, international Journal of English Language, Literature and
Humanities, Vol 3, Issue 5, 91 , 2015)

FEATURES

The communicative approach in language teaching starts from a theory of language


as communication. The goal of language teaching is to develop what Hymes (1972)
referred to as "communicative competence."
Hymes's theory of communicative competence was a definition of what a speaker
needs to know in order to be communicatively competent in a speech community

Some of the characteristics of this communicative view of language follow.

1. Language is a system for the expression of meaning.


2. The primary function of language is for interaction and communication.

3. The structure of language reflects its functional and communicative uses.

4. The primary units of language are not merely its grammatical and structural features, but
categories of functional and communicative meaning as exemplified in discourse.

Role of learner and teacher

communicative language teaching A teaching approach relating the


teaching techniques (e.g. pair and group work), language content and
materials (e.g. authentic material) to the communication needs of the
students outside the classroom.

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