Activities and Practices to Promote CLT: English Language Teaching and Learning at Wollo University
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https://doi.org/10.63236/injeep.1.3.5Keywords:
Activities; Practices; Promote; Communicative Language Teaching; ELTAbstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate activities and practices that promote communicative language teaching (CLT) and learning English as a foreign language (EFL) by the first- and second-year students at Wollo University (WU). Descriptive concurrent research design, followed by a mixed-methods research approach, was utilized. The total population of the study was 70. A census non-random sampling technique was used to recruit students, while a convenience sampling technique was employed to choose teachers. Classroom observation, a questionnaire, and semi-structured interviews were implemented. To check the validity and reliability of the procedures, a pilot study was conducted; the Cronbach alpha value of which is 0.89. A combination of both a quantitative (frequency and percentage) and qualitative data analysis technique, including thematic analysis methods, was employed. Data from closed-ended items were processed in SPSS, while data from the open-ended and semi-structured interviews were analyzed qualitatively and combined with quantitative data and data from classroom observation. The results of this study showed that participating in pair work, role playing, presentation, individual work, listening to English music, sharing information in English, and reporting are among the activities to facilitate CLT. Both teachers and students frequently practice the activities in various ways. Finally, it was recommended that adapting training for teachers, promoting clubs for both teachers and students, creating awareness, increasing students’ interest in CLT, and applying the suggested activities as well as their own may promote CLT in English language teaching.
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