One of the most famous attacks on Communicative Language teaching was offered by Michael Swan in 1985 in the English Language Teaching Journal (1985 39(1):2-12, and 1985 39(2):76-87). Henry Widdowson responded in defense of CLT, also in the ELT Journal (1985 39(3):158-161). More recently other writers have critiqued CLT for paying insufficient attention to the context in which teaching and learning take place, though CLT has also been defended against this charge.

Communicative Language Teaching Information: Inside
[ Relationship with Other Methods and Approaches ]
[ Overview of CLT ] [ Classroom Activities used in CLT ]
[ Critiques of CLT ]