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This study investigated the conceptions and attitudes of Libyan English language teachers towards the Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach. It also investigated the factors that may promote or hinder these teachers in implementing the CLT in the secondary schools in Tarhuna. Qualitative and quantitative methods were employed to address the purpose of this study. The two main instruments used to collect data were questionnaire and classroom observation. The data were collected from 25 Libyan English language teachers at twelve secondary schools in Tarhuna. The study was conducted during the spring semester of 2017. A pilot study was also conducted with a small sample of teachers to make sure of the feasibility of the study along with the validity and credibility. The obtained results were analyzed statistically and shown in tables and figures. The findings of this study reveals that the majority of teachers have a negative attitude towards the CLT approach. Their negative attitudes are related to their perceived difficulties in implementing the CLT as well as their misconceptions about this innovation. As a result, most of them used the traditional methods. Therefore, the results suggested that Teachers’ awareness of teaching methodology including CLT and its real classroom application solves many teaching problems. In addition, teachers' perceptions and attitudes toward CLT can be transformed into positive if they get proper facilities, proper training and good salary.
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