Some misconceptions about Communicative Language Teaching
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Although Communicative Language Teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use, there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions and discusses why they have arisen and why they can be seen as misconceptions. In doing this, the article attempts to define some important characteristics of CLT as it is practised at present.
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Some misconceptions about communicative language teaching
Although communicative language teaching is accepted by many applied linguists and teachers as the most effective approach among those in general use, there are still a number of misconceptions about what it involves. This article sets out four of the main misconceptions, discusses why they have.arisen, and why they can be so described. In doing this, the article attempts to define some importa...
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