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Outline the principles behind ‘Communicative Language Teaching’. How do the roles of the teacher and learner differ from earlier methods used to teach ESOL?
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TESOL - LNG 3008 Gill Tansey 2) Outline the principles behind 'Communicative Language Teaching'. How do the roles of the teacher and learner differ from earlier methods used to teach ESOL? Communicative language teaching (CLT) has been a popular and influential approach to ESOL teaching since the 1960's. The concept of CLT was originally developed by the sociolinguist, Hymes (1972), this concept came about as the broadening of ESOL market created pressure for change in teaching methods. Teachers began to think about students needs and began to ask students what they need to know. There became less of an emphasis on correctness and more on communicative ability. The CLT teaching method became more about the student and was seen as an approach not a method and encompassed a broad collection of ideas taken from many sources. The emphasis was on everyday understanding of a second language and the ability to communicate. The ESOL...
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