However, certain misconceptions about CLT continue to survive, making it difficult for many teachers to see clearly what is happening and to identify the useful innovations that CLT has brought.
A surprisingly large number of teachers that l have spoken to criticize or reject CLT for what seem to me to be the wrong reasons. In this article, I would like to set out the four misconceptions that I most frequetly hear voiced, discuss why they have arisen, and explain why I think that they are misconceptions.