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The Extent of Implementing the Communicative Activities in Intermediate Schools by Teachers

Dijla Abbood Shareef Al-Turfi

Volume: 12 Issue: 2 2022

Abstract:

This paper was aims to identify the extent implementing EFL teachers of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) activities in their classroom, and knowing if there are significant differences among teachers in applying these activities attributed to their years of experiences. The sample was chosen randomly. It consists of (57) teachers. In the current study, the data were collected by questionnaire. The findings showed that the teachers were implementing most activities. On the other hand, two activities were not implemented because of lack of lesson time, some teachers have no enough idea about activity procedures, and individuals differences of the students.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v12i02.020

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