Teaching Four Skills Together to the Second Language Learners Through CLT and New Modified Method: Challenges and Benefits Found from Classroom Practices and Students’ Perspectives

This study aims to investigate whether all four skills can be incorporated together in a single classroom by Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) and a modified method (e.g. eclectic method). The study also tries to find out some challenges and benefits from students’ perspectives of classroom practices. 86 students and 13 teachers from different private universities were given online questionnaire through Google form. 5 teachers were interviewed as follow-up session. All the data were analyzed using mixed method of statistical quantitative and descriptive qualitative methods. My study objective is to talk about how successful a teacher can be to initiate a new modified method in a language learning classroom and how can students get benefited from the innovative practices. In earlier time, even in Communicative Language Teaching (CLT), Listening and Speaking were ignored by language practitioners. But English Language Teachers are being concerned about introducing both receptive and productive skills in their classrooms. The study employs a new technique following a new method which can be regarded as eclectic method, a mixed combination method rather than previous dogmatic ideology. In post-methodological era, language learners should be introduced with a new method. Along with demonstrating the benefits from application of new methods and techniques, the general purpose of the study is to investigate students’ perspectives after taking some language classes. To do this, close and open- ended questions are set to collect data and a mixed method statistical and descriptive method were followed to critically analyze data. The practical decision making of teachers and students feedback and evaluation will be also judged at the end of the paper.

“Four Skills”, "CLT”, “Modified Eclectic Method”, “Students-Teachers’ Perspective”, “Benefits and challenges”

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