Implementation of a communicative approach in teaching a foreign language

The growing need for fluent communication skills in today's globalized world creates a challenge for English and foreign language teaching.Students must be given a proper foundation of communication skills that are demanded in different interactive real-world situations outside of the classroom.Students need to be prepared for real-life scenarios instead of just helping them to pass a superficial ESL, ELT or modern language exam.Traditional language teaching methods focus on grammar and vocabulary, with less emphasis on communication skills and are therefore criticised as they do not develop students speaking and listening skills adequately.Communicative teaching methods are currently a popular point of discussion and their effectiveness in building students' fluency and communication skills have been taken into account by language teachers all over the world.We consider it appropriate to provide language teachers with an overview of communicative language teaching methods, with encouragement and tips for integrating CLT methods into classroom activities.Key words: language teaching, new methods, communicative teaching, communicative approach, students' language skillsThe current state of the theory of teaching foreign languages and the accumulated knowledge make it necessary to once again return to the concept of communicative teaching.Taking into account the prospects for the development of the economy and social sphere, today it is important to develop new professional and personal qualities in school graduates, such as systematic, creative thinking, environmental, information culture, linguistic and communicative competence, the ability to consciously analyze their activities, and independent actions in conditions of uncertainty.Due to the fact that this can only be achieved with a communicative approach, the goal of which is to teach how to freely navigate a foreign language Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyasi M. Füzuli adına Əlyazmalar Institutu,