Exploring the Perceptions of Students towards Grammar Translation Method and Communicative Language Teaching; A case study at institute of English language and literature

Abstract

This study is conducted to explore the perceptions of students towards two contrastive methods of English Language teaching, first is grammar translation method and second is communicative language Teaching. This is a qualitative exploratory case study. Which is conducted at institute of English Language and literature, from university of Sindh Jamshoro. There are two tools of research are Used for data collection; interview protocol and observation sheet. There are five students are interviewed from the second-year English language teaching and for triangular data they are observed in three classes that means one hundred twenty hours. The results of the study shows that students have different perspectives about both methods some students have positive Attitudes towards CLT and GTM, however some students have negative attitudes towards CLT and GTM. The preferences of the majority of students are CLT specifically strong version of CL.