Communicative Curriculum Design for the 21st Century

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1)

This piece looks at Communicative Language Teaching, or CLT, for teaching EFL. The author discusses the history, the focus, and the future of CLT. The article describes how to shape a communicative curriculum and the five components that it is composed of: language arts, language for a purpose, personal English use, theater arts, and beyond the classroom. The article emphasizes the variation of CLT within each classroom.

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Sandra J. Savignon

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Teachers Teacher Educators Teacher Training Curriculum Design Drama
Cover of English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1)

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Cover of English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1)

English Teaching Forum 2002 (Volume 40, Number 1)

This issue is the first in a series celebrating ET Forum's 40th anniversary. Article topics include communicative curriculum design, problem solving, self-assessment for evaluation, drama, and more.