CLT-Based lessons on receiving compliments in English for English major students at Ubon Ratchathani University

Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) has been introduced to use for English teaching in Thailand for decades. However, CLT is still not widely applied in Thai EFL classroom as the CLT concepts and practices are very different from the usual traditional teacher-led teaching method. This study investigates the use of CLT-based lesson on compliments responses in Standard American English major students at Ubon Ratchatani University. Three sources of data were used, namely pretest and posttest, questionnaires, and teacher’s diary. The findings indicate that the CLT-based lesson help students improve skills in respondings to compliments in Standard American English while providing them opportunities to practice other skills in English they previously acquired. It was also found that peer teaching plays an important role in the success of CLT for this group of participants. These findings confirm the theoretical advantages of CLT. Practical suggestions are offered for optimal use of CLT for Thai students.