A Thesis Submitted To The Department Of English In Partial Fulfilment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Master Of Arts In Teaching English As A Foreign Language (tefl)

The main objective of this study was to in vestigate the implclIlf'nt at ion andrnp ercep tion of active learning in EFL classes. Active Learning is a method ojrnins truction that involves the active engagement oj s tudents in the learning process.rnThe p articipants of the study were all BSS Englis h teachers, ]20 SlU e/e llIS {/l Id Ihernschool p rincipal. This paper conducted to interrogate the school communities 'rnperceptions and practices of active learning in EFL classrooms part icularly LOrnexamine at secondary school level.rnTo collect d ata for the study both close and op en- ended questionna ire. itHerview andrnobservation deployed. In line with, fo r the objective questions Il/ eWI score WIdrnpercentage used whereas for the sake oj op en- ended qualitative trteUwci oj analys isrnemployed.rnOn the other hand the survey showed that; English teachers are not in a position tornuse various active learning tools to assess their pupils ' p erformance in English, theyrnhave not in the right track in providing f eedback and correction. In addition, most ofrnthem d id not demand their students' reflection on the instruction as well as they havernnot a clear know-how in what way their s tu dents are bencfi'clilry from therndeployment of active learning in EFL classes. Despite their awareness oj the centralrnplace assessment in the instruction process, do not implement as it should be. BSSrnteachers expressed 'that there are major cons traints that impecie the successJulrnimplementation of active lean,ing: wrong p ercep tion of teachers lowarcis activernlearning, taking ·n9 course in univers ity fo r-teachers about active learnll1g beforernengage to work, large class size, lacle of suJficient materials like ciupllculing lIlac/ II I/C,rnaudio/ video recorders and reference' books.rnHence, to bridge up the gap between what the literature transpIres "nci what thernsurvey has shown: The school management needs to create awareness on activernlearning, teachers should broaden their horizon about p roviding dlJfe rent activernlearning de vices, Stakeholders should design and provide course about AL Jorrnteachers in campus, and teachers should be encouraged to bear respons ibilities, bernprofessionally mastered and enhanced to have positive attitucie towards ActivernLearning.

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