The Bangalore/Madras Communicational Teaching Project (CTP) was the subject of a searching discussion by Brumfit in an earlier issue of this Journal (Brumfit 1984b). The present article may be seen as a follow up to that discussion. The main purpose here is to disseminate the results of an independent evaluation of the CTP that was carried out early in 1984. Firstly, a brief account is given of the aims and principles of the CTP itself. Following this, some of the problems involved in the evaluation are considered, and the adopted framework, tests, and hypotheses are described. Finally, the results are discussed and appropriate conclusions drawn.