CHALLENGES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING IN EFL CONTEXT IN ALBANIA
Research Article
CHALLENGES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING IN EFL CONTEXT IN ALBANIA
ABSTRACT
The communicative approach is considered to be the most successful recent technique in teaching
a foreign language. According to the Communicative approach, learning a foreign language
successfully comes through having to communicate real meaning in a real context. The real
communication teaches students to learn to use the language and the classroom changes from a
teacher-centered classroom into a student-centered classroom. However, this approach comes with
many challenges, such as large classes, grammar-based examinations, lack of teaching resources
and facilities, lack of teachers training, lack of support, influence of traditional practices, limited
class time, class management, students’ resistance to class participation and their lack of
motivation.
Implementing the Communicative Approach in an Albanian classroom setting as well as in its
curriculum, on one hand, is very helpful due to its need for improvement, but on the other hand is
very challenging to set the environment in which the best learning can take place, in order to obtain
the most profitable results. In a challenging Albanian teaching environment, where students are
used to be taught using traditional teaching methods, there is a need for teachers to shift from
traditional methods to more contemporary ones, such as the Communicative Approach which
focuses on the student’s linguistic needs and help the teachers achieve their goals. This approach
though comes with the need to implement useful strategies in order to manage students’ behavior
in the classroom, as there is a lot of interaction and communication going on in class and this may
result in a lot of students' talking time.
The purpose of this study is to examine how the Communicative Approach can promote students’
communicative competencies and also deals with some challenges and suggestions for successful
implementation in the Albanian curriculum design. Furthermore, it is hoped not only to examine
Communicative Approach as being an appropriate attitude towards learning and teaching
environment, but also to help teachers and curriculum designers, who wish to implement
Communicative Language Teaching, with some useful strategies and techniques.
SEFA, B.,
(2020). CHALLENGES AND SUGGESTIONS FOR A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING IN EFL CONTEXT IN ALBANIA. International Journal of Education and Philology, 1(2), 32-40. Arrival Date Posted By:https://ijep.ibupress.com/articles/challenges-and-suggestions-for-a-successful-implementation-of-communicative-language-teaching-in-efl-context-in-albania
