Research Article

IMPROVING TEACHING AND LEARNING THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING (CLT) IN THE EFL CONTEXT IN ALBANIA

ABSTRACT

The Communicative Approach is believed to be the most successful current foreign or second language teaching method. Because of the need for development, using the Communicative Approach in the EFL classrooms in Albania, and incorporating it into the curriculum design is extremely beneficial, but establishing a climate conducive to the best learning and ensuring the desired results is quite complex and time consuming. Students are accustomed to being taught utilizing traditional teaching techniques in the challenging Albanian educational environment. Teachers must, however, move away from conventional approaches and toward more modern ones, such as the Communicative Approach. As a result, the focus will be on the learners' language requirements and assisting instructors in achieving their objectives. However, because more contact and engagement in class can lead to a significant increase in students' conversation time, this practice necessitates the use of effective classroom management measures. The purpose of this research is to see how the Communicative Approach may help students improve their communication skills. It addresses some of the issues and provides recommendations for successful application within the Albanian curriculum. Furthermore, it is hoped that the Communicative Approach would not only be presented as a positive approach regarding teaching and learning process, but that it will also equip educators and curriculum developers with some practical methods and processes for putting Communicative Language Teaching into practice.

Keywords

Communicative Language Teaching communication Student-centered curriculum design