1) What are the goals of teachers who use CLT?

The goal is to enable students to communicate in the target language

Students need knowledge of the linguistic forms, meanings, and functions.
2) What is the role of the teacher? What is the role of the students ?
Teacher
The teacher facilitates communication in the classroom.
One of his major responsibilities is to establish situations likely to promote
communication.
As an adviser, answering students’ questions and monitoring their
performance.
Students:
Students are communicator.
They try to understand themselves and others.
3) What are some characteristics of the teaching/learning process?
- The most obvious characteristic of CLT is that almost everything that is
done with a communicative intent. Students use the language a great deal
through communicative activities such as games, role plays, and
problem-solving tasks.
- Another characteristic of CLT is the use of authentic materials (give
students an opportunity to develop strategies for understanding language
as it is actually used.
4) What is the nature of? What is the nature of student-student interaction?
Student-teacher interaction:
- Present some part of the lesson such as when working with linguistic
activities.
- The facilitator of activities, but he does not always himself interact with
the students.
 - He establishes situation that prompt communication between and among
the students.
Student-student interaction
- Students interact a great deal with one another. They do this in various
configurations; pairs, triads, small groups and whole group.
5) How are the feelings of the students deal with?
- More motivated to study a foreign language
- Express their individuality by sharing their ideas and opinions
- Enhance the student security with their fellow students and teacher
6) How is language viewed? How is culture viewed?
 Learners need knowledge of form and meanings and functions.
For example:
The same form of the language can be used for a variety of functions.
‘May’ can be used to make a prediction or to give permission (‘You may sit
in the back’)
However, they must also use this knowledge and take into consideration the
social situation in order to convey their intended meaning appropriately.
For example:
Instead of using ‘may’, if the speaker perceives the listener as being
informal, he or she would more likely use ‘can’.
 Culture is the everyday lifestyle of people who use the language.
For example: the use of non-verbal behavior which might receive greater
attention in CLT is especially important to communication.
7) What areas of language are emphasized? What language skills are
emphasized?
- Form: A variety of forms are introduced for each function.
For example:
 In learning to make requests, beginning students might practice: ‘Would
you…?’, ‘Could you….?’
- Cohesion and coherence
- Students work all four skills from the beginning.