The Communicative Language Teaching approach in teaching English conversation. Theoretical background and practice
The Communicative Language Teaching approach in teaching English conversation. Theoretical background and practice

Summary/Abstract: The main goal of this paper is to indicate the significance of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach in teaching English conversation. The first issue presented in this article is to explain the essence of conversation. Afterward, there is a demonstration of major distinctive features assigned to the CLT approach, functions of language and four categories of communicative competence. The following point is dedicated to learner’s and teacher’s roles determined by the CLT approach and a brief mention concerning three types of materials which enhance communicative capacity. Furthermore, there is a presentation and description of principles used for designing techniques including a checklist of microskills. On top of that, various categories and types of oral production are put forward. The last part of the article contains examples of exercises.

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