The importance of instructional material in English language teaching : a case study of secondary school teachers in medani Sudan

الملخص EN

Teaching techniques are absolutely crucial to EFL teaching and learning English.

The fact always remains that effective teaching techniques result in competent learners who master English at all levels.

This study aimed at investigating the nature of techniques used in teaching English at secondary schools.

The study also aimed at discovering the most common English teaching techniques utilized by EFL teachers at secondary level and whether the teachers follow specific techniques in teaching their student.

In addition, the study intended to find out the 3extent of utilizing modern technologies in the teaching process and to provide certain suggestions for the purpose of teaching English of affectingly.

The descriptive analytical method was adopted to conduct the study.

The sample comprised (50) EFL experienced teachers who were chosen randomly from the school in Madani.

Two tools for data collection were used: A questionnaire for EFL secondary school teachers and an observation.

Check list which was used by the researcher in the classroom to find out the nature of teaching techniques employed in secondary school.

The data gathered through both tools were analyzed by means of (SPSS) program me.

The main of the tools together indicated that (100 %) of the teachers used translation in teaching English.

(100 %) used definitions to present and explain new vocabulary, (82 %) did not adopted special techniques, (25 %) used taps recording (35 %) used role play whereas (48 %) utilized modern technologies in teaching English at hte4 secondary level.

The main finding of the study is: the majority of teachers do not use specific teaching techniques when they teach secondary school students, definition and translation are the dominant English teaching techniques collaborative learning and role play are not given more consideration and utilization of modern technologies is not satisfactory enough.

The study recommends that EFL teachers should adopt the teaching techniques that suit the nature of the lesson in question, collaborative learning and role play should be considered in the teaching process, EFL teachers should not only focus on definition as teaching techniques, and modern technologies should be utilized when every possible.