Investigating EFL Iraqi Primary School Teachers’ Perceptions toward Using Project Technique
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Project techniques offer rich opportunities for helping students make interdisciplinary connections, address academic objectives and goals, problem solving , design making , promote social skills, and use technology. Within a topic of study, projects help students connect personal interests with course content as they explore a theme in greater depth.
The study aims at Investigating EFL Iraqi Primary school teachers’ perceptions toward using project technique in their classes.
To fulfill the aim of the present study, a sample of (85)Iraqi EFL primary school teachers taken randomly from different schools . To achieve the aim of the study, teachers' questionnaire consists of (20) items is applied as instruments .From the analysis of the data, a t-test analysis shows a statistically significant difference according to teacher perceptions toward using project technique. It is recommended to use project techniques since they are very effective for the developing students’ language and social skills and it is very helpful for the teacher as a procedure for learning language through a social context.
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