Table of Content
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Declaration ... ... i
Acknowlegements ... .. ii
Preface... . iii
Abstract ... .. iv
Table of Content ... ... v
List of Tables ... .. vii
List of Appendices ... . viii
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study ... 1
1.2 Purposes of the Study... 3
1.3 Significance of the Study ... 4
1.4 Definitions of Terms ... 4
1.5 The Organization of the Thesis ... 5
CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 2.1 Teachers’ Beliefs ... ... 6
2.2.1 The Notion of Belief ... ... 6
2.2.2 Understanding Teachers’ Beliefs ... ... 8
2.2.3 The Sources of Teachers’ Beliefs ... .. 11
2.2 Communicative Language Teaching ... . . 13
2.2.1 A Brief History of CLT ... 13
2.2.2 The Characteristics of CLT... 17
2.2.3 Classroom Activities and Group Working in CLT ... 19
2.2.4 Error Correction in CLT ... 21
2.2.5 The Role of Grammar in CLT Class ... 22
2.2.6 Teacher Role in CLT ... 24
2.2.7 Student Role in CLT ... 25
2.3 English Curriculum ... .26
2.4 Related Research ... 29
CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHOD
3.1 Research Design... 33
3.2 Setting and Participants ... 35
3.3 Data Collection ... 37
3.3.1 Questionnaire ... 37
3.3.2 Interview ... 39
3.3.3 Classroom Observation ... 41
3.3.4 Document Data ... 42
3.4 Data Analysis ... 42
3.5 Validity Issues ... 44
3.6 Concluding Remark ... 45
CHAPTER IV FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION 4.1 English Teachers’ Beliefs about Communicative Language Teaching ... 46
4.1.1 Group Work / Pair Work ... 51
4.1.2 Error Correction ... 52
4.1.3 Grammar Role... 53
4.1.4 Teacher Role ... 54
4.1.5 Student Role ... 56
4.1.6 The Source of Teachers’ Beliefs ... 57
4.1.7 Synthesis and Interpretation... 59
4.2 The Implementation of Teachers’ Beliefs about CLT into Teaching and Learning Activities 61 4.2.1 Teachers Activities in the Classroom ... 62
4.2.2 Classroom Activities ... 65
4.2.3 Grammar Role... 67
4.2.4 Error Correction ... 69
4.2.5 Teacher and Student Role in the Class ... 71
4.2.6 Synthesis and Interpretation... 73
CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 5.1 Conclusions ... 75
5.2 The Limitation and Recommendation ... 77
REFERENCES ... 79
