Communicative

Language Teaching
(CLT)
Prepared by:
Nur Azam
Muhammad Akmal

What is CLT?
O learning language successfully

comes through having to

communicate real meaning.
O Example: Activity involving inquiry to
get information.

Source: British Council (BBC)

What is CLT?
O Communicative language sets as its

goal the teaching of communicative

competence. Jack C. Richards,
Communicative Language Teaching
Today

What is CLT?
O Instead of concentrating solely on

grammar looked at what notions

language expressed and what
communicative functions people
performed with language. Wilkins,
1976

The Major Strand

O If the students are involved in

meaning-focused communicative
tasks, then language learning will
take care of itself. Jeremy Harmer

Aspects of Communicative
Competence
Different
purposes and
functions

Vary settings
and
participants

Understand
and produce
diff texts
types

Maintain
communicatio
n even with
limitation

Suggested Activities
Role-play

Cooperativ
e puzzle
solving

Newspaper
headlines
simulation

Construct
a story

The Continuum
Noncommunicativ
e

Communicativ
e

One
One language
language
item
item

Variety
Variety
language
language

Form
Form not
not
content
content

Content
Content not
not
form
form

No
No
communicative
communicative
purpose
purpose
No
No
communicative
communicative
desire
desire

Jeremy Harmer, 2013

Communicative
Communicative
purpose
purpose
A
A desire
desire to
to
communicate
communicate

Activity
Good morning, Madam
Sam. What would you
like to buy today?

Good
morning, Mr
Sivaji. Id like
to buy some
radish.

Welcome
sir. What
would you
like to
have?
Is that all,
sir?

Activity

May I have a
piece of cake
and a glass of
plain water
please.
Yes, thank you.

Activity
Hello sir. May I bother
you?
Hello there. How can I
help you?
My bicycle is missing.
How can I lodge a
report?
Please come inside and
tell me about it.

Activity - practice

Activity - practice

Activity - practice

Hello sir. May I bother

you?
Good morning, Madam
Sam. What would you
like to buy today?

My bicycle is missing.
How can I lodge a
report?
Welcome
sir. What
would you
like to
have?

Is that all,
sir?
May I have a
piece of cake
and a glass of
plain water
please.

Good
morning, Mr
Sivaji. Id like
to buy some
radish.

Hello there. How can I

help you?

Please come inside and

tell me about it.

Yes, thank you.