Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors affecting teachers‟ implementation of Communicative language teaching in Bedeno Secondary School. Qualitative research design was used as it enabled the researcher to investigate the factors affecting teachers‟ implementation of Communicative language teaching in the classroom. The data were collected through: classroom observation, questionnaire and interview. The participants of the study were Secondary English teachers‟ who were purposefully selected. The result of the study revealed that language teachers faced many challenges in implementing CLT. The participant, teachers, usually focused on teaching language structure using lecture method than focusing on communicative activities. It also indicated that teachers could not practice the essential features of CLT in the school due to various challenges of the school. They emphasized that class size, seating arrangements, lack of time, lack of authentic materials, and lack of motivation were the major school factors affecting the implementation Communicative language teaching approach in Bedeno Secondary School. Finally, the findings was also discovered that school directors, language teachers, students, supervisors and education experts were the most responsible bodies to solve these factor and improve the implementation of communicative instruction in Bedeno Secondary School.
