چکیده:
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.
اﻟﻤﻠﺨص: ﺘﻬدف اﻟدراﺴﺔ إﻟﻰ ﻗﯿﺎس ﻤدی ﻓﻬم ﻤدرﺴﻲ اﻟﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﻛﻠﯿزﯿﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌراق ﻟﻠطرﯿﻘﺔ اﻟﺘواﺼﻠﯿﺔ اﻟﻤﺘﺒﻌﺔ ﻓﻲ ﺘدرﯿس اﻟﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﻛﻠﯿزﯿﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻤدارس اﻟﻌراﻗﯿﺔ وﺨﺼوﺼﺎ اﻟﺼﻌوﺒﺎت واﻟﺘﺤدﯿﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ ﯿواﺠﻬﻬﺎ أوﻟﺌک اﻟﻤدرﺴون ﻓﻲ ﺘطﺒﯿق ﺘﻠک اﻟطرﯿﻘﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺒﯿﺌﺔ اﻟﺘﻌﻠﯿﻤﯿﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﻌراق. ﺘﻨﺎوﻟت اﻟدراﺴﺔ ﻓﻲ اﻟﺒﺤث ﺘﻌرﯿف اﻟطرﯿﻘﺔ اﻟﺘواﺼﻠﯿﺔ وﻤﺒﺎدﺌﻬﺎ إﻀﺎﻓﺔ إﻟﻰ اﺴﺘﻌراض أدﺒﯿﺎت اﻟﺒﺤث اﻟﺨﺎﺼﺔ ﺒﺘﻌرﯿف اﻟﻛﻔﺎءة اﻟﺘواﺼﻠﯿﺔ وﻛﯿﻔﯿﺔ ﺘوظﯿﻔﻬﺎ ﻓﻲ اﻟطرﯿﻘﺔ. وﻓﻲ اﻟﺠﺎﻨب اﻟﻌﻤﻠﻲ ﻤن اﻟدراﺴﺔ، اﺨﺘﯿرت ﻋﯿﻨﺔ ﻤن (60) ﻤدرﺴﺎ ﻟﻠﻐﺔ اﻻﻨﻛﻠﯿزﯿﺔ ﻓﻲ ﻋدة ﻤدارس ﻋراﻗﯿﺔ ﻟﯿوزع ﻋﻠﯿﻬﺎ اﻻﺴﺘﺒﯿﺎن اﻟﺨﺎص ﺒﺎﻟﺒﺤث ﺘﺒﯿن ﻤن ﺨﻼﻟﻪ ﺘﺸﺨﯿص اﺒرز اﻟﺼﻌوﺒﺎت اﻟﺘﻲ ﺘﻌﺘرض ﺘطﺒﯿق اﻟطرﯿق اﻟﺘواﺼﻠﯿﺔ واﻟﺤﻠول اﻟﻌﻤﻠﯿﺔ ﻟﺘﻠک اﻟﺼﻌوﺒﺎت ﻛﻲ ﯿﺘم ﺘطﺒﯿق ﺘﻠک اﻟطرﯿﻘﺔ ﺒﺎﻟﺸﻛل اﻷﻤﺜل.