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'''Communicative Language Teaching''' (CLT) is an approach to the [[teaching]] of second and [[foreign languageslanguage]]s that emphasizes [[interaction]] as both the means and the ultimate goal of learning a [[language]].

==Relationship with other methods and approaches==

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These five features show that practitioners of CLT are very interested in the needs and desires of their learners as well as the connection between the language as it is taught in their class and as it used outside the classroom. Under this broad umbrella definition, any teaching practice that helps students develop their [[communicative competence]] in an authentic context is deemed an acceptable and beneficial form of instruction. Thus, in the classroom CLT often takes the form of pair and group work requiring negotiation and cooperation between learners, fluency-based activities that encourage learners to develop their confidence, role-plays in which students practice and develop language functions, as well as judicious use of grammar and pronunciation focused activities.

==See also==

*[[Language education]]

*[[Teaching English as a Foreign Language]]

*[[English as an additional language]]

==References==