An Analysis of Communicative Language Teaching Approach Based on the International Researches

Abstract

With the development of globalization, the role of English in the construction and development of society has gradually increased. In order to meet the needs of students' development, teachers need to adjust teaching methods. Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) plays an important role in language teaching. The purpose of this study is to provide a historical overview of Communicative Language Teaching and demonstrate the basic theories and characteristics of communicative language teaching. Then, the benefits and flaws of Communicative Language Teaching would be pointed out. The main merit of Communicative Language Teaching is improving students’ fluency in speaking, while it might ignore the accuracy of the target language. In the end, some reflections would be presented.