Communicative language teaching has 9 main features.
(1) to develop communication functions for the purpose, clearly put forward the second language teaching aim is to cultivate the creative use of language, communicative competence, correctness requires not only language, but also the body of.
(2) the function of ideas as the key link. According to the actual needs of learners, selection of authentic language materials, rather than through the language of textbook after processing "".
(3) communication in teaching process, the purpose of communication is not only the learning is a learning method, in the teaching create close to real communication scenarios and use the form of group activities, through a large number of verbal communication culture ability to use the language communication and combine the communicative classroom communicative activities and extracurricular life.
(4) the basic unit of discourse as the teaching. It holds that language is not in the isolated word or sentence, but in the coherent discourse.
(5) the combination of single skill training and comprehensive skills training, which is based on comprehensive training, and finally achieves the goal of comprehensive use of language in communication.
(6) the error of learners in the learning process, the language has certain tolerance, does not affect the communication error can not correct is not correct, initiative and enthusiasm to encourage learners to play a communicative activities.
(7) the communicative approach emphasizes students as the center, to emphasize teaching communication for students in need of services, the language functions as the key link. According to the principle to apply their knowledge, for learners of different professional arrangement "private language" teaching.
(8) advocate the use of a variety of teaching methods should not be only a textbook, but should be "teaching package", namely the teacher's book, counseling books, tape, maps, videos, movies, television, and other.
(9) let the students in the scene, feel personally on the scene atmosphere, to communicate in English, is the essence of communication teaching.