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EFL teachers' perceptions and attitude toward communicative language teaching in Mozambican secondary schools

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dc.contributor.advisor Ndlangamandla, Sibusiso en
dc.contributor.author Shava, Pedzisai en
dc.date.accessioned 2026-03-11T14:23:06Z
dc.date.available 2026-03-11T14:23:06Z
dc.date.issued 2022-03
dc.identifier.uri https://ir.unisa.ac.za/handle/10500/32272
dc.description Abstracts in English and Portuguese en
dc.description.abstract English is the global language of communication in technology, science, medicine, education, business and the internet. Due to its importance, in recent decades many countries in EFL contexts including Mozambique have adopted English as the language of communication and Communicative language teaching (CLT) as the teaching approach for equipping students with the necessary English Language skills. This study explores teachers’ perceptions and attitudes toward CLT. It also investigates the extent to which teachers’ perceptions and attitudes toward CLT are consistent with their classroom practices. This qualitative approach uses a case study research design to investigate this phenomenon in three secondary schools. Five secondary school English teachers were sampled for this study in the district of Chibuto, Mozambique. The study employs interviews and observations research instruments for data collection. The study has found that teachers have a reasonable theoretical knowledge of CLT curriculum reform and hold positive attitudes toward it. Nevertheless, the teachers’ theoretical knowledge does not help them to translate CLT curriculum reform into their classrooms as they merged the traditional teaching methods and the communicative approach. As a result, there is an inconsistency between their beliefs and classroom practices. The participants revealed three challenges that impede the implementation of CLT curriculum reform. The first challenge is most participants hold CLT misconceptions and lack training. The second is the students lack language skills, have different cultures and learning styles. Finally, the secondary schools have crowded classes, lack teaching resources and the final year exams are still traditional grammar-based which still features the traditional teaching methods. The study concludes that it is not enough for teachers to hold positive perceptions and attitudes towards a curriculum reform before implementing it but the contextual factors should also be considered. Following the in-depth analysis of the findings of the interviews and classroom observations, some recommendations are provided. The teacher educators should educate teachers to put pedagogical theories into practice in their classrooms. This will enable teachers to constantly reflect on their classroom practices which can be an effective way to increase teachers’ awareness of their beliefs underpinning their practices. en
dc.description.abstract O ingles e a língua global de comunicaçao em tecnologia, ciência, medicina, educação, negócios e internet. Devido à sua importância, nas últimas décadas muitos países em contextos de EFL, incluindo Moçambique, adotaram o ingles como língua de comunicaçao e o ensino comunicativo de línguas (CLT) como abordagem de ensino para equipar os alunos com as habilidades necessárias da língua inglesa. Este estudo explora as percepções e atitudes dos professores em relação ao CLT. Também investiga ate que ponto as percepçoes e atitudes dos professores em relaçao ao CLT sao consistentes com suas práticas em sala de aula. Esta abordagem qualitativa usa um desenho de pesquisa de estudo de caso para investigar esse fenomeno em tres escolas secundárias. Os participantes amostrados para este estudo sao cinco professores de ingles do distrito de Chibuto, Moçambique. O estudo utiliza entrevistas e observaçoes como instrumentos de pesquisa para coleta de dados. O estudo descobriu que os professores tem um conhecimento teorico razoavel da reforma curricular CLT e mantem atitudes positivas em relaçao a ela. No entanto, o conhecimento teórico dos professores não os ajuda a traduzir a reforma curricular CLT em suas salas de aula, pois mesclaram os metodos tradicionais de ensino e a abordagem comunicativa. Como resultado, ha uma inconsistência entre suas crenças e praticas em sala de aula. Os participantes revelaram três desafios que impedem a implementaçao das reformas curriculares CLT. O primeiro desafio e que a maioria dos participantes tem conceitos erroneos de CLT e falta de treinamento. A segunda é que os alunos nao tem habilidades linguísticas, tem culturas e estilos de aprendizagem diferentes. Por fim, as escolas secundarias tem turmas lotadas, carecem de recursos didaticos e os exames de final de ano ainda sao baseados na gramatica tradicional, que ainda apresenta os metodos tradicionais de ensino. O estudo conclui que nao basta que os professores tenham percepções e atitudes positivas em relaçao a uma reforma curricular antes de implementa-la, mas os fatores contextuais tambem devem ser considerados. Apos a analise aprofundada dos resultados das entrevistas e observaçoes em sala de aula, sao fornecidas algumas recomendaçoes. Os formadores de professores devem educar os professores para colocar as teorias pedagogicas em pratica em suas salas de aula. Isso permitirá que os professores reflitam constantemente sobre suas praticas em sala de aula, o que pode ser uma maneira eficaz de aumentar a conscientizaçao dos professores sobre suas crenças que sustentam suas práticas. pt
dc.format.extent 1 online resource (177 leaves) en
dc.language.iso en en
dc.subject Teachers’ attitudes en
dc.subject Beliefs en
dc.subject Communicative language teaching en
dc.subject Curriculum reform en
dc.subject Learner’s role en
dc.subject Pair and group work en
dc.subject Error correction en
dc.subject Fluency and accuracy en
dc.subject Communicative competence en
dc.subject Classroom practices en
dc.subject Mozambican secondary schools en
dc.subject.lcsh Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Mozambique en
dc.subject.lcsh Communicative competence -- Mozambique en
dc.subject.other UCTD en
dc.title EFL teachers' perceptions and attitude toward communicative language teaching in Mozambican secondary schools en
dc.type Dissertation en
dc.description.degree M.A. (English) en


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