The Usage of Communicative Language Teaching at the Secondary School

Abstract

English ranks the fourth among languages that have the most people officially speak and it is the most popular language for international communication. Therefore, teaching and learning English is always a concern by educators and researchers worldwide, especially teaching English for secondary school students entering the workforce right after graduation.There are still many challenges raised with it that not all the teachers are implementing in the classroom efficiently.Hymes’ (1971) theory and other authors' theories lead to a new breakthrough in developing communicative language teaching in teaching and learning a second language. This paper focuses on the overview of CLT in teaching English as a second language. Moreover, it highlights both advantages and disadvantages of CLT, current trends of CLT, obstacles in applying CLT in the secondary school context comparing with traditional methods. Since then, it helps teachers have a better understanding of CLT also suggests implications of teaching English with CLT in the context, including designing and developing classroom activities.