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The Study
1. Type of research
This research is qualitative research in order to answer the research question, “What are teachers‟ attitudes towards Communicative Language Teaching in Senior High
Schools?”
2. Context of study
This study was aimed at investigating teachers‟ attitudes towards CLT in senior
high schools. It was done in Salatiga where teachers apply CLT as the language teaching approach. It was
necessary to examine teachers‟ attitudes towards CLT in order to improve the quality of language teaching and learning process in EFL context in Salatiga.
3. Participants
The participants for this study were six teachers of three senior high schools in Salatiga. Those were two 2 English teachers from Satya Wacana Senior High School,
three 3 teachers from SMA N 1 Salatiga, and one 1 English teacher from SMA Kristen 1 Salatiga. In the discussion, those participants will be named Participant 1, Participant 2,
Participant 3, Participant 4, Participant 5, and Participant 6.
4. Data Collection Instrument
To collect the data for this study, interviews with these six research participants were conducted as an important technique of getting the data. All of the participants were
given a list of open-ended questions addressing the various issues related to CLT, the use of it in EFL contexts, and their attitudes toward it. These are the semi-structured questions
for the interview based on the five principles of CLT developed by Karavas-Doukas 1996:
1. What is the importance of grammar in implementing CLT?
2. How does group work or pair-work develop the learners‟ communicative ability?
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3. How do you give the correction on students‟ speaking error?
4. How often do you give it?
5. What are the benefits of giving this correction?
6. What do you think about the teachers‟ role in the classroom?
7. What do you think about the learners‟ role and contribution on the learning
process?
5. Data Collection Procedures
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