Investigating EFL Teachers' Perspectives Towards Problems Facing them in Teaching Grammar in High Schools at Qaser Ben Ghashir

الملخص

This study aims to investigate problems facing Libyan EFL teachers in teaching grammar at secondary schools in Qaser Ben Ghashir from their perspectives. In order to achieve this aim, a descriptive quantitative approach has been chosen in which a close-ended questionnaire composed of 26 items on the likert scale has been used to elicit teachers' perceptions concerning four essential areas including: language teachers, students, secondary English textbooks, and classroom environment. The questionnaire was administered to 20 EFL teachers in four secondary schools, but only 16 teachers participated. The data collected from the questionnaires were analyzed by means of descriptive statistics using SPSS program. The findings obtained from the research asserted that there are many problems facing Libyan EFL teachers in teaching grammar in the secondary stage. The majority of these problems were related to teachers themselves and English textbooks in use. However, this does not mean that there are not problems related to students and classroom environment. But they are less than the previous ones. Based on the findings, a set of recommendations have been suggested to solve these problems.