Iraqi EFL teachers’ perceived difficulties in implementing CLT in Iraqi schools
Other Title(s)
الصعوبات التي يواجهها مدرسو اللغة الإنكليزية في العراق في تطبيق الطريقة التواصلية في المدارس العراقية
Author
al-Tai, Ahmad Abd al-Jalil Hamzah
Source
Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 44 (31 Aug. 2019), pp.319-332, 14 p.
Publisher
University of Babylon College of Basic Education
Publication Date
2019-08-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Educational Sciences
Languages & Comparative Literature
Topics
Abstract EN
Abstract CLT has been widely explored and studied by many researchers in the field of English language teaching.
There have been many studies conducted on the use of CLT in EFL settings.
Hence, this study is designed to investigate the Iraqi EFL teachers’ understanding of English teaching, predominantly the difficulties and challenges they face in the implementation of CLT practices in the Iraqi context.
This study first investigates the definition and principles of CLT In addition, a review of existing literature related to communicative competence, as well as how it functions in CLT is presented.
Participants for this study were sixty Iraqi teachers of English teaching at primary and secondary levels.
The main modes of data collection consisted of questionnaire .The results show that Iraqi EFL teachers observe many difficulties in implementing CLT in their classrooms.
These difficulties stem from four directions, namely, the teacher, the students, the educational system, and CLT itself.
The results suggest that despite showing keen interest in change and being eager to identify with CLT, Iraqi teachers are not rather optimistic about the complete adoption of CLT, and thus feel that only by overcoming the difficulties from those four sources, and by establishing more favorable conditions for the implementation of CLT can teachers truly benefit from CLT in their English classrooms.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Tai, Ahmad Abd al-Jalil Hamzah. 2019. Iraqi EFL teachers’ perceived difficulties in implementing CLT in Iraqi schools. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences،Vol. 2019, no. 44, pp.319-332.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-900180
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Tai, Ahmad Abd al-Jalil Hamzah. Iraqi EFL teachers’ perceived difficulties in implementing CLT in Iraqi schools. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences No. 44 (Aug. 2019), pp.319-332.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-900180
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Tai, Ahmad Abd al-Jalil Hamzah. Iraqi EFL teachers’ perceived difficulties in implementing CLT in Iraqi schools. Journal of College of Basic Education for Education and Human Sciences. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 44, pp.319-332.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-900180
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 331-332
Record ID
BIM-900180