Despite some skeptics, most foreign language teachers, especially those of English as a Foreign Language (EFL)/English Second (ESL), advocate Communicative Teaching (CLT) and have long been conducting student-centered communicative activities in their classrooms. This paper argues that CLT is generally ineffective teaching quiet students with little motivation. In the context Malay language, it...

The aim of this study was to find out the teachers and students’ perception toward grammar instruction in communicative language teaching classrooms. participants were two four students from an Islamic junior high school (Madrasah). We used a case method conduct research identify learning classroom. data collected by using interviews. analyzed thematic analysis. findings indicated that there fi...

This study examined the status of life skills components in second cycle primary school Social studies textbooks. It also assessed to what extent learning objectives textbooks focused on a higher order thinking. For this purpose, content analysis design was employed. The results showed that total coverage about 6%. found out majority place great deal emphasis knowledge and comprehension levels,...

The usefulness of teaching pronunciation in language instruction remains controversial. Though past research suggests that teachers can make little or no difference in improving their students’ pronunciation,  current  findings  suggest  that  second  language  pronunciation  can  improve  to  be near  native-like  with  the  implementation  of  certain  criteria  such  as  the  utilization  of...