EFL Female Students' Perceptions of Communicative Language Teaching in University Classes

الملخص

This study aims to investigate EFL female students' perceptions of communicative language teaching in the classrooms at Umm Al Qura University. The research employed a descriptive quantitative approach, with forty-three female students responding to the researcher's questionnaire. The study employed a simple random sampling research design within the quantitative research paradigm. The questionnaire addressed three aspects of the communicative language teaching approach: tasks, activities, and evaluation in the English classroom; the role of students in the English classroom; and the role of teachers in the English classroom. The research findings indicated that EFL female students' perceptions of the communicative language teaching in English classrooms are high. The results indicated that students favor the implementation of the CLT in English language teaching. It suggests using various CLT strategies in the classroom to help students better comprehend English as a foreign language.