摘要：Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) is the most dominant method of language teaching in many countries of the world. It is considered as a revolutionary method for teaching English as a second language (Farhad, 2013). CLT has been adopted in many EFL countries but it has been observed by many researchers that implementing CLT in EFL countries has faced many problems. Types of problems are varying to different countries. It includes educational system and government resources. The perception of ESL teachers, who adopt CLT, can be varied and it plays major role in teaching of English language in private language institutes of Pakistan. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate barriers in applying CLT in Language centers of Lahore and teachers’ perceptions about the theory and practice of CLT at private English language institutes of Lahore. This is a mixed study of private English language institutes. The data collection tools for this study are interviews, observations and questionnaire. The qualitative data is analyzed through thematic analysis and quantitative data is analyzed using statistical analysis. The finding shows Teacher’s dominant role in class, focus on rules of Grammar, Lack of knowledge of communicative activities, Subordinate role of learners and effects of other traditional approaches are few barriers in language teaching in Lahore. This study helps ESL teachers, private institutes, management and policy makers in knowing the resistance and working on it.
关键词：Communicative Language Teaching;ESL;Private Language Teaching Institutes;GTM
