Perception and Classroom Practice of Communicative Language Teaching By High School Efl Teachers and Learners: The Case of Some Selected High Schools in Addis Ababa
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2008-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purposes of this study were to explore high school EFL
teachers’ and learners’ perception of CLT and to examine the degree they
practice the CLT principles in their entire classes in Ethiopian High
School context.
The data were collected through questionnaires (for both teacher and
learner), classroom observation, and interviews (for both teachers and
learners). A questionnaire (consisting of seven thematic groups) of 75
items for 26 teachers and of 47 items for 100 learners (who were
randomly selected from three government high schools); classroom
observations on 10 teachers and interview with 10 teachers and 15
learners(out of the whole subjects of the questionnaires) were
administered in March and April 2008 .
The overall findings of this study showed that the majority of teachers
(80.41 %) and more than half (62.33 %) of learners under the study had
mildly high levels of perception about CLT tenets. However, the study
conversely reveals that there is a clear mismatch between what teachers
and learners perceive about CLT and what they actually practice in EFL
context
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Language Teaching