Communicative Language Teaching
Summary of CLT from Brown, HD. (2001). Teaching by Principles: An Interactive Approach to Language Pedagogy. White Plains, NY: Addison Wesley Longman.
1. Communicative competence is the goal.
2. Form is used to achieve meaning.
3. Fluency and accuracy are both important.
4. Students must be prepared to communicate in authentic contexts.
5. Students discover their own learning styles and develop learning strategies.
6. Students actively construct meaning through interaction.
Links for CLT
Communicative Language Teaching: An Introduction and Sample Activities - ERIC Digest
Communicative Language Teaching - LinguaLinks
Communicative Language Teaching - Encyclopedia of Educational Technology
Communicative Language Teaching - Wikipedia
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