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CLT enhances the learners’ condence and it gives a sense of satisfaction to the
teacher as well in the sense that s/he is successful in making the students usethe foreign language in their conversation. CLT gives clarity to the expression…communicative approach is better than all the other methods of language teaching in general and Grammar Translation Method (GTM) in particular because theGTM is more concerned with teaching about language rather than language itself whereas communicative approach establishes a direct bond between the experienceand the expression.
The review of related literature on CLT provides ample proof of its usefulness in Englishlanguage teaching, despite the fact that some problems still persist. Here, a need arises toevaluate the feasibility of applying a communicative approach in those non-native countrieswhere traditional methodology is still being used in ELT.
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MethodoLogy
This research comprised of two parts addressing the two research objectives, i.e., the
feasibility of applying the CLT approach from students’ perspective, and teachers’ percep
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tions of the CLT approach and their perceived difculties in its application. The two parts
are detailed below
3.1. Research objective one: The feasibility of applying the CLT approach in Pakis-tan
This objective aimed to investigate the appropriateness of applying the communicativeapproach in teaching English at Higher Secondary level. The study was based on the Wata-
nabe, et al (1984) model. It was experimental in its kind and a pre-test/post-test equivalent
group design was selected for this purpose. The achievement of two groups in pre-test and
post-test was measured and compared with each other. Besides this, attitude of the studentsin the two groups before treatment and after treatment was measured and compared to ndany signicant difference as a result of treatment.
3.1.1. Sample population
The sample population consisted of forty male students in the 12th grade of a local
college in (Punjab) Pakistan. A class with forty students was chosen for the experiment. The
class was further divided into two equal groups with twenty students each, Control Group(CG) and Experimental Group (EG).
3.1.2. Research instrument
For treatment purposes, prescribed syllabus for students at the intermediate level was
used, and the study was a continuum of the students’ curricular activities with a purpose of not wasting their time for preparation of their nal examination. In the pre-test and post