Clt and Its Applicanility in Bangladesh

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and its Possibilities in Bangladesh

Introduction
An English teacher plays an important role in teaching English at all levels. When he/she teaches English obviously he/she has to follow some methods. In 1970s educators and linguistics observed that though the goal most of the methods of language is to enable learners to communicate in it but the question is that whether the methods are meeting the expectations or not. The result was that though the students can communicate in the target language in classroom but they are unable to communicate in target language outside of classroom. It also been observed that the ability to communicate is more important than mastering linguistics structures. Students required perform some function- promising, inviting, and declining invitations within a social context to communicate. Communicative Language Teaching aims broadly to apply the theoretical perspective of the Communicative Approach by making communicative competence the goal of language teaching and by acknowledging the interdependence of language and communication.
Communicative Language Teaching is one of the new methods. It had been introduced in Bangladesh in 1990s. The aim of this method is to develop learners’ four basic skills (Reading, Writing, Listening and Speaking) in English.
According to Wikipedia, the free encyclopaedia, “Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is an approach of second and foreign language that emphasize communication or interaction as both the means and the ultimate goal of learning a language”. “It refers to a diverse set of principles that reflect a communicative view of language and language learning and that can be used to support a wide variety of classroom procedures, in accordance with Richards and Rodgers.

Objectives of CLT
The goal of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is to enable students to communicate in the target language. To do this students need knowledge4 of the...