Teachers' and students' perceived difficulties in implementing communicative language teaching in Bangladesh: A critical study

This thesis investigates teachers' and students perceived difficulties in implementing communicative language teaching (CLT) in English language classes in Bangladeshi secondary schools. It examines the extent to which factors both from the teachers and students perspective contribute to these difficulties. This study used multiple methods to explore teacher and student practices and perceptions regarding CLT (Golafshani, 2003), and it was influenced by an ethnographical approach (Denzin, 1994; Jeffrey and Troman, 2004; Hammersley, 2006). Quantitative methods such as statistical analysis of classroom observation 'data have been used alongside qualitative methods such as thematic analysis of interview data. Classroom observation reveals that teachers apply only minimal CL T principles in their classroom practice. Interview data reveal that there were two major perceived…