Investigating the difficulties encountered by Iraqi efl teachers in sticking on only one method in teaching English language

الملخص EN

It is worth mentioning that teaching is a noble work that helps students from primary to higher levels gain and learn various things to develop mentally and reinforce their personality.

Since teachers are described as good actors, they try many different methods, approaches and strategies to ensure that all their students could understand the material, such as : Grammar Translation Method, Direct Method, Audio-Lingual Method and Communicative Approach.

The teachers try to fit the method to their students not vice versa.

In spite of employing various methods and techniques to make teaching more flexible and attractive, still there is a gap between teachers and students, there is a need to discover new method for language teaching.

The approach of eclecticism is a sufficient remedy and it could integrate different methods and strategies in teaching English language.

Besides, eclecticism tries to meet the lesson objectives and the students' needs.

The present study reflects difficulties that teachers encounter in sticking to only one method in teaching English language as a foreign language and the necessity and importance of using the eclectic approach as the best remedy as well as it is defined as a sufficient combination of various approaches and methodologies that could suit different levels and abilities of the learners and teaching circumstances.

This paper comprises four sections : The first section includes the problem, aims, hypotheses, procedures and the value of this study.

The second section contains a comprehensive description of the approaches and methodologies that are commonly used.

The third section is about data collection and the fourth section presents conclusions and recommendations.