This article  discusses how CLT/Communicative English Language can be used in English classes in Uzbekistan.Although our government is trying  to make some educational reforms ,many schools still use old grammar-based teaching methods.This article explains the main ideas of CLT and also shows how it can be used in current teaching practices.It also gives further information about the disadvantages and advantages of this method  in using Uzbek classrooms.In the end ,the article suggests  using CLT can help students to improve their not only  language skills,b also their communication skills in English

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Uzbek education, language pedagogy, grammar-translation method, educational reform

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