Do teachers and students want CLT? A study of Bangladeshi college teachers ‘and students ‘perception of CLT
Do teachers and students want CLT? A study of Bangladeshi college teachers ‘and students ‘perception of CLT
English is embedded, as a core and compulsory subject from years 1-12, inBangladeshi education system. Keeping English in this position indicates that an increasedemphasis is placed on learning English. In order to strengthen students' communicativecompetence in English, moreover, the Government substituted CLT for GTM in 2001. However,many argued that, despite this change, most of the students are still unable to communicate inEnglish effectively. This communicative inability of students generates a question that iswhether or not students and teachers actually want CLT. Therefore, this study aimed toinvestigate teachers' and students' perceptions of whether they desire CLT or not, and of howthey perceive CLT. To achieve this aim, nine participants (three teachers and six students)were selected to obtain data through conducting semi-structured in-depth interviews.Qualitative technique was followed to analyse the data. The results of this study indicated thatthe students and teachers desire CLT, and they also expect the problems with CLT to beresolved. Even, they also have drawn some recommendations for improving CLT inBangladesh.
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Rahman, Md Shidur
55f3c1b5-efaf-42bc-aa97-80e496193b81
4 October 2015
Rahman, Md Shidur
55f3c1b5-efaf-42bc-aa97-80e496193b81
Rahman, Md Shidur
(2015)
Do teachers and students want CLT? A study of Bangladeshi college teachers ‘and students ‘perception of CLT.
International Journal of English Language Teaching, 3 (7), .
(doi:10.37745/ijelt.13).
Abstract
English is embedded, as a core and compulsory subject from years 1-12, inBangladeshi education system. Keeping English in this position indicates that an increasedemphasis is placed on learning English. In order to strengthen students' communicativecompetence in English, moreover, the Government substituted CLT for GTM in 2001. However,many argued that, despite this change, most of the students are still unable to communicate inEnglish effectively. This communicative inability of students generates a question that iswhether or not students and teachers actually want CLT. Therefore, this study aimed toinvestigate teachers' and students' perceptions of whether they desire CLT or not, and of howthey perceive CLT. To achieve this aim, nine participants (three teachers and six students)were selected to obtain data through conducting semi-structured in-depth interviews.Qualitative technique was followed to analyse the data. The results of this study indicated thatthe students and teachers desire CLT, and they also expect the problems with CLT to beresolved. Even, they also have drawn some recommendations for improving CLT inBangladesh.
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