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Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)
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Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)

Communicative Language Teaching: An Overview

What is Communicative Language Teaching?

  • Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach focused on language teaching and learning that emphasizes understanding the language, its social rules, and contextual variations.
  • In a communicative classroom, students engage in interactions to foster meaningful communication, which can be structured for accuracy or more fluid for fluency.

Examples of Communicative Activities

Accuracy Role Play

  • For an accuracy-focused role play, students work in pairs with pre-written dialogues aimed at practicing specific language goals, such as proper intonation when asking questions.
  • The teacher circulates during this activity to provide immediate feedback and correct mistakes as they occur.

Fluency Role Play

  • In contrast, a fluency role play does not use pre-written dialogues; instead, students are given scenarios to discuss freely.
Video description

What do you know about the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT)? Watch this engaging video to learn about an example of a communicative activity. To learn more English or to get additional resources for English language teaching, see: http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishatState  http://www.facebook.com/AmericanEnglishforEducators http://americanenglish.state.gov http://openenglishprograms.org