Author(s)

Lin Gan ¹, Haifeng Li ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Humanities, Nanchang Vocational University, Nanchang City, China

Corresponding Author

Lin Gan

ABSTRACT

CLT, full name of Communicative Language Teaching, is a language teaching concept oriented to the actual communication needs of language learners. Its core idea is to emphasize the practical and communicative nature of language, rather than simply teaching grammar and vocabulary. This paper is anticipated to give guidance to Chinese educators on how to use CLT more effectively. The remaining parts of this paper are organized as follows. The second part examines relevant literature regarding CLT, which includes the background and features of CLT, application of CLT pedagogy to young learners, the strengths and issues with applying CLT in Chinese primary schools. The research context is addressed in the third part, introducing the education model in China, and briefly describing my own teaching experiences in China. The fourth part discusses the application of the CLT pedagogy in Chinese primary English classrooms, recognizes the challenges faced by its implications, and provides possible suggestions for its future implementation.

KEYWORDS

CLT, communicative competences, learning theories in SLA, grammatical accuracy, contextual appropriateness

CITE THIS PAPER

Lin Gan, Haifeng Li, The Application of the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) Pedagogy in Chinese Primary English Classrooms. Transactions on Comparative Education (2024) Vol. 6: 74-81. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/trance.2024.060610.

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