Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is a language teaching method that focuses on developing students' communicative competence. It emerged in the 1960s as a response to the Audio-Lingual Method and focuses on teaching students to use language functionally and communicatively. Some key principles of CLT are that the goal is communicative competence, students learn through trial and error, and accuracy is less important than fluency in the early stages. Techniques used in CLT include language games, role plays, information gap activities, and discussions to encourage students to communicate.

1. Communicative
Language Teaching

2. Language Teaching Method
 Method is a way in which something is done.
 Language Teaching and Method
 Various methods:
Audio Lingual Method
Communicative Language Teaching
Grammar Translation Method
Direct Method

3. "A method is the level at which theory
is put into practice and at which
choices are made about the particular
skills to be taught, the content to be
taught and the order in which the
content will be presented."
_Richards and Rodgers

5. Historical Background
 ALM rejected- 1960s
 Need of Communicative proficiency
 Noam Chomsky
 Council of Europe
 1972. D A Wilkins
 National Syllabuses. 1976

6. Principles of CLT
Learning language to
communicate.
Positive attitude
Communicative competence is the
desired goal.
Trial and error
Judicious use of native language.

7. Principles cont.
Translation may be used.
 Attempt to communicate may be
encouraged from beginning.
Reading and writing practice
Comprehensible pronunciation is
sought
Innovative activities

8. Techniques
 Language learning games
 Picture strip story
 Role play
 Information gap
 Discussion
 Task completion

9. Advantages and Disadvantages
 Effective
communication
 Involvement of
learners
 Interesting way
of learning
 Focus on
fluency not
accuracy
 Not
appropriate for
beginners

10. Conclusion
 Useful method
 Used even today
 Disadvantages are ignorable
somehow
 Enjoyable way of learning language.

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