Challenges to Implementing Communicative Language Teaching CLT in Bangladesh
This paper analyzes the challenges to implementing Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Bangladesh where the introduction of CLT to teach English is a relatively recent phenomenon. The paper starts with a brief history of CLT, followed by its characteristic features and objectives. Next, it explores the role of teachers and learners as well as teaching activities in CLT. Then it discusses the challenges to implementing CLT in some countries of the world and introducing CLT in Bangladesh. Based on the previous research, it shows that large class sizes, mismatches between curriculum and assessment, cultural inappropriateness, lack of training, and poor socioeconomic conditions are the major challenges to implementing CLT in Bangladesh. It also sheds light on the recommendations for overcoming those challenges provided by the researchers. Finally, the paper concludes with the implication for further research to explore the ways to adapt CLT in the large classrooms in Bangladesh.