The Discussion of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in Language Classrooms

Abstract

Teaching language with effective theories, directions and ways of instructing is a vital topic in the current fields of teaching and learning. Locating the most appropriate and effective teaching and learning methodologies and strategies for a given situation is important for language learning classrooms. Over the years, many theories have been created to meet the needs of the learners of that time period. However, due to the rapid development of social and cultural environments, a large number of contemporary theories have been developed and employed in a variety of different approaches and applications. This paper is a literature review paper which discusses the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach, together with relevant teaching and learning methodologies and strategies. The purpose of this paper is to outline advantages, disadvantages and applications of CLT. The researcher reviewed some historical and some current papers relating to how a CLT approach can be beneficial in the current classroom environment. The result of this paper was provision of an effective overview which applies to language teachers to assist in locating and establishing appropriate teaching and learning strategies for their students with different social and cultural backgrounds.

Communicative Language Teaching in Public Universities in Afghanistan: Perceptions and Challenges

“…The first questionnaire, adopted from Karavas-Doukas (1995), gathered the perceptions of EFL lecturers on CLT. This questionnaire used 1-5 Likert scales and contained five themes with 24 items, namely place and importance of grammar (1,3,12,17,23), group and pair work (2,9,13,21,22), quality and quantity of error-correction (6,10,14,15), the role of teacher in the classroom (7,16,19,24), and the role of learners (4,5,8,11,18,20). According to the questionnaire developer, the means above three is considered positive, and lower than THEORY AND PRACTICE IN LANGUAGE STUDIES 1435 three is negative.…”

Communication is Vital

“…Therefore, the communicative language teaching method was introduced in the last decades of the twentieth century with the goal of developing learners’ communicative competence through meaningful tasks that required learners to communicate with their partner(s) to find out what they do not know (Dos Santos, 2020 ). These tasks provide learners with the opportunity to practice their communication skills immediately.…”

Globalization of Education: Online Teaching Russian as a Foreign Language in a Pandemic Condition

“…This urgent topic is also studied in foreign literature. For example, Luis Miguel Dos Santos [10] points to the fact that the search for optimal and effective teaching methods and strategies is an integral part in teaching foreign languages.…”