Abstract: The field of second or world language teaching has undergone many shifts and trends over the last few decades. Numerous methods, for example the Audio-lingual method, Cognitive based approaches, the Total Physical Response (TPR), the Natural approach have come and gone. It is also believed that there is no one single method that meets the goals and needs of all learners and programmes. What has emerged this time is a variety of communicative language teaching (CLT) methodologies. Despite recent challenges, CLT remains influential and continues to be implemented in a number of contemporary ELT contexts.
Keywords: Communicative language teaching, communicative approach, content based instruction, task-based instruction.
Title: Recent Trends in Communicative Language Teaching and Its Role in the Sultanate of Oman
Author: M. Nagalakshmi, Dr. K. Girija Rajaram
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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