alleryBefore CLT, which competence had top priority?
AStrategic competence
BGrammatical competence
CDiscourse competence
DSociolinguistic competence
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Grammatical competence
1. CLT is contrasted with previous views.
2. Earlier, grammatical competence was commonly given top priority.
3. The other competences were not the priority before CLT.
_Source: Wikipedia, Communicative language teaching, Lead section_
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