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Communicative Language - Teaching in Libyan Primary Schools

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This research is an attempt to investigate problems that teachers in Libyan primary schools face in applying communicative language teaching. In addition, this will provide insights for teaching English language skills, listening, speaking, reading and writing. Besides that, it can be a solution in decide to apply this approach as a strategy grounded on matter in primary education level. Also to find out whether or not this approach is applicable in Libyan primary schools. Research Questions 1. How communicative teaching approach may be effective in teaching English for Libyan primary schools? 2. What are the processes and procedures of applying the CLT approach in Libyan primary schools? 3. What are the difficulties that teachers face in applying the CLT approach? Background Teaching English in Libya for both levels of students in primary education schools go through difficulty. Teachers confused to choose a strategy in teaching language, especially in teaching English as a foreign language. Also, teachers unsatisfied about the strategy to manage their class when teaching English in the classroom. Besides that the primary students` performance does not match the positive performance that primary students are supposed to end up with. In Libya, English is first introduced to students in the 5th and the 6th grade at the age of 10 and 11 years old which are the fundamental levels to be highly cared about. As beginners, the types of language aspects are required to be learnt according to the provided materials include writing, reading, comprehension, speaking and pronunciation. Halmos (1994) stated “Facts, Methods and insights all are essential to all of us all enter all our subject..." (p 583). Generally techniques and strategies of teachers in teaching English for primary students are varied, it's difficult to make students to understand to the matter that they learn. In addition students are more passive in teaching process because of the lake of the positive motivations and reinforcements, so they need to be more active and creative whi

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