Peculiarities of Communicative Approach in Foreign Language Teaching

N Wahedi

doi:10.33619/2414-2948/51/35

Abstract

This paper looks briefly at the preconditions that gradually formed communicative language teaching (CLT) as a response to the growing demand and needs of non-native learners of English in many different contexts of learning, then draws a parallel between existing conventional methods of language teaching and novel insights presented by CLT. The constituent parts of Communicative competence are introduced. The negotiation of meaning is considered as the most essential function of the target language that learners are capable to master which allows them to maintain flexibility in a deliberate speech despite the gaps in their language proficiency. Besides, the article discusses the current limitations of CLT bound to several factors such as the lack of language proficiency, rigid curricula, and teachers’ misconceptions of CLT.

Highlights

When the Classical method, Grammartranslation method or Audio-lingual method fell out of fashion, in the 1970s, new, innovative approach that has come to be known as Communicative language teaching (CLT) or Communicative Approach appeared
In general, students are capable to read, comprehend complicated texts related to their specific fields, translate them into their native language; they possess a stronghold of grammatical input at all levels of language, such as phonology, morphology, and syntax
As for the language, output students could produce carefully structured accurate strings of sentences, translate texts from L1 into the target language, discuss a limited range of academic topics strictly related to their domains and within which they have a certain amount of practice

Summary

Introduction

Increase in immigration in such locations as USA, The Great Britain, in some parts of Europe urged English teachers, scholars, textbook writers, policy developers recognize the augmenting need to shift attention away from grammatical competence and sophisticated analysis of language to more practical use of the target language in the contemporary society [1, p. The primary concern of all non-native speakers of English was to learn how to communicate in a foreign language effectively; to understand and decode the received information and to transfer the message through verbal channel meaningfully ensuring that the interlocutor comprehends fully and in turn, provides a response.

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