Question

What are the aims and objectives of the communicative language teaching?

Answer 1

Communicative language teaching is not a method. It is a guided idea. The purpose of Communicative Language Teaching is to help students produce authentic language and communicate with others. To produce authentic language does not mean developing speaking skills only. CLT integrates multiple skills, such as listening and writing.

To help students communicate, the teacher need to provide rich and authentic input. There can be many approaches to achieve Communicative Language Teaching. Task-based teaching is the most common teaching approach. Teachers set up a goal, give students real-life language tasks, and students respond in a meaning way. In this process, students are motivated to use the language to serve the purpose of communication.