A study conducted in Vietnam identified class size, grammar-based examinations, and the instructors’ lack of exposure to authentic language as constraints on using CLT. Another study on English teachers’ perceived diffculty in adopting CLT in South Korea suggested that EFL countries like South Korea need to change their fundamental approach to education before CLT can be adopted, because the predominance of text-centered and grammar-centered practices in Korea does not provide a basis for the student-centered, fuency-focused, and problem-solving activities required by CLT (Li, 1998:66, as mentioned in Wei, 2011). Va- silopoulos (2008) writes that