'the difficulties and challenges that facing teaching of english as a foreign language in Iraqi Islamic schools and the ways of remedies'

Abstract EN

The current study entitled the difficulties and challenges that facing teaching of English as a foreign language in Iraqi Islamic schools and the ways of remedies aims at investigating and analysing the most common difficulties faced by the English teachers in Islamic schools.

It attempts to find out answers to a set of research questions.

In order to fulfil the aims of this study, a questionnaire was developed that consisted of 25 items and demographic information was designed.

the major portion of this paper is devoted to present difficulties and challenges that faced English teachers in Islamic secondary schools.

The population of this study includes sixty teachers ( males 30 and females 30 ) were selected randomly from different Islamic schools in the middle and north of Iraq.

the findings have showed that some of the participants had positive attitude an another questions had negative attitude.

in the finding, the researcher has found that most of the teachers lack in using appropriate teaching method, lack in knowledge regarding the different types of the methodologies.

some teachers have only one language that is Arabic with them and less 0f foreign language that is English understand therefore translation was incorrect for them to either apply academic helped in teaching nor their experience helped in developing this methodology and they slacked miserably.

thus it has been impossible.

The researcher also has analysed through this study that most of teachers emphasized on grammar translation method and on readings more than other methods and also depending on mother tongues more than the target language.

Skills like speaking, listening and writing were less used in the classroom therefore most of teachers faced difficulties and challenges in teaching English especially in Islamic schools.

Key words: Difficulties, English teachers, Foreign language, Remedies.