Communicative

Language
Teaching
Yustina Mei Purnama Putri (059)
Gerardo Irawan Bambang Lukito (110)
Elizabeth Atyasanti Sekar Wening (121)
Dissa Aruna Makalingga (125)
SIMULATION
 Introduction
 An emphasis on learning to communicate through
interaction in the target language.
 The introduction of authentic texts into the learning
situation.
 The provision of opportunities for learners to focus, not only
on language but also on the learning process itself.
 An enhancement of the learner’s own personal
experiences as important contributing elements to
classroom learning.
 An attempt to link classroom language learning with
language activities outside the classroom.
 Principles
 The target language is a vehicle for classroom
communication, not just the object of study.
 The emphasis is on the process of communication rather
than just mastery of language forms.
 Students should be given an opportunity to express their
ideas and opinions.
 Errors are tolerated and seen as a natural outcome of the
development of communication skills.
 In communicating, a speaker has a choice not only about
what to say, but also how to say it.
 One of the teacher’s major responsibilities is to establish
situations likely to promote communication .
 Advantages & Disadvantages
Advantages
 This technique increases the
teacher-student relationship.
It is an interactive
relationship.
 CLT provides the opportunity
for students to be aware of
their abilities and exhibit
them.
 The students in this way can
learn the target language in
an enjoyable way.
Disadvantages
 The requirements are difficult.
Not all classrooms can allow for
group work activities and for
teaching aids and materials.
 It is controversial whether it can
be used in every level of
students.
 The teacher should prepare the
syllabus by taking students’
interests and needs into
account. However, the energy
and time of the teacher are
limited.
 Conclusion
 Communicative Language Teaching is an
innovation of foreign language teaching, aiming at
improving students’ communicative competence.
It also helps to carry out quality education in foreign
language teaching. Meanwhile, with the rapid
development of EFL teaching in non-English-
speaking countries, English teachers have become
more aware that the exclusive use of either the
Communicative Approach or Audio-lingual
method does not suit all English teaching situations.
 References

Diane Larsen-Freeman, 2000. Techniques and

Principles in Language Teaching (2nd edition).
Oxford University Press.
Communicative language teaching. (n.d.). In
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