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Summary

Communicative language testing (CLT) dominates language assessment. This review updates understanding of CLT approaches, challenges, and future research directions to reflect evolving real-world communication.

Keywords:

approaches to CLT challenges of CLT communicative abilities communicative language testing language assessment

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Area of Science:

Language Assessment
Applied Linguistics
Educational Measurement

Background:

Communicative Language Testing (CLT) has been the dominant paradigm in language assessment, prioritizing authentic tasks over traditional psychometric reliability.
Despite its advantages and widespread adoption, CLT has seen reduced scholarly attention due to its established status.

Purpose of the Study:

To provide an updated review of Communicative Language Testing (CLT) to address the evolving nature of real-world communication.
To facilitate the advancement of CLT theories and practices by offering current insights.

Main Methods:

Literature review of Communicative Language Testing (CLT).
Analysis of various CLT approaches.
Identification of implementation challenges in CLT.
Synthesis of suggestions for future research in CLT.

Main Results:

CLT remains dominant, but its theoretical underpinnings require updating due to changes in communication.
Key challenges in CLT implementation were identified.
Future research directions were proposed to enhance CLT.

Conclusions:

An updated understanding of CLT is crucial for its continued relevance and effectiveness.
Addressing implementation challenges and pursuing future research will strengthen CLT.
This review provides a foundation for evolving CLT in response to contemporary communication demands.