alleryA critique of CLT says incorrect utterances pass if what holds?
AThe teacher awards approval
BThe listener grasps some meaning
CThe sentence matches a model
DThe accent sounds native
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. The listener grasps some meaning
1. Some critics say CLT does not stress grammar enough.
2. Students may produce grammatically incorrect utterances as long as the interlocutor gets some meaning.
3. Teacher approval, models and accent are not the test.
_Source: Wikipedia, Communicative language teaching, Criticism_
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