DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED BY EL TEACHERS IN IMPLEMENTING COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH IN YEMENI SCHOOLS.

Abstract

The present study aimed to identify the difficulties that hinder EL teachers from using Communicative Approach (CA) in Yemeni schools and also aimed to present some suggestions and recommendations for overcoming these difficulties. Besides, this study  is based on  responding  to the following questions: 1. What are the perceived difficulties of EL teachers in implementing the CA ,in relation to some factors?  2. Are there significant variables in perception of the above difficulties between EFL teachers with regard the gender, teaching experience, and qualification? The study was conducted in the schools of Al-Nadirah. Data collected from schools was analyzed. The questionnaire was  the instrument used to collect data from sample schools. The study key findings showed  a majority (82.3%) of the study participants reported that they were not trained to implement the Communicative Approach  in teaching English in Yemeni schools.  Besides,  (65.7%) of the study subjects confined that the implementation of Communicative Approach requires too much time for preparation.   A great number (73.6%) of the study sample members ascertained that students lack motivation to work on their communicative competence.  It was also revealed that less than a half (48%) of the participants rejected the idea that teachers  lack classroom management.