The Possibility of Applying a Real Student- Centered Method in EFL Classes English Department, Cihan University
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The current research examined the possibility of applying a real student-centered method in EFL classes of the English department at Cihan University-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. To this end, six lectures with different lecturers, different levels and also different subjects were observed in the English department of Cihan university. Some interviews were done with the lecturers and students before and after the lectures randomly in order to get some point from their views toward this novel method. The obtained data revealed that implementing a pure student-centered lecture is impossible and the lecturer need to apply a kind of eclectic method which is the mixture of student-centered and teacher-centered methods in such EFL classrooms.
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