Abstract:
This study was designed to investigate the factors affecting the implementation of communicative
language teaching in Omo Nada and Asendabo secondary school settings. The study specifically
investigated how the factors affect the implementation of CLT. Qualitative research design was
used for this research. Participants of the study were eight English teachers of the school. The
main data gathering tools were questionnaire, interview, and classroom observation. The
collected data were categorized and discussed qualitatively. The result of the study revealed that
several factors affect the implementation of communicative language teaching. It was
emphasized that class size, seating arrangement, lack of time, lack of resource, heavy workload,
lack of exposure, lack of authentic materials, students’ lack of motivation, lack of workshops
and lack of confidence were the majorfactors affecting the implementation of CLT. Thus, it is
recommended that any concerned bodies like directors, teachers, students, supervisors and
parents should co-operate to fulfill school facilities and to create conducive instructional
environment in the way to improve the implementation of communicative language teaching in
Omo Nada and Asendabo secondary schools.
