APPRAISAL OF COMMUNICATIVE LANGUAGE TEACHING IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE CLASSROOM

Abstract

This study appraised Communicative Language teaching in English as a second language classroom. It X– rayed the goals, classroom activities adopted, the role of the teacher and possible challenges that hampered its effective implementation. The study adopted a descriptive survey in the collection of data. One hundred and sixty-five (165) English language teachers were sampled from a population of two thousand seven hundred and fifty, (2,750), English language teachers’ in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State. Four research questions were asked to guide the study. Data were collected using questionnaire. It was equally analyzed using simple percentage. Major findings of the study were as follows; deficiency in spoken English, little time for and expertise in material development, little motivation for communicative competence, grammar based not fluency-based examinations, and lack of effective and efficient assessment instruments. Finally, the study made some useful recommendations which are as follows; spoken English should be encouraged in the CLT classrooms, students should be motivated for communicative competence and that the government should provide support and adequate funding for the implementation of CLT programmes.