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The purpose of this study is to examine the Eclectic Approach as a Therapy for Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Arab Students. The present study is a experimental method which involves both quantitative and qualitative data. The researcher reviews the related literature and his experiment as a teacher at an international school. The participants for this study are two sections of the seventh grade. This sample is consisted of sixty-one male students enrolling for the 2015-2016 academic year. The results of this study show that the eclectic approach gave a chance to students to see different kinds of teaching techniques that break monotony. In addition, the eclectic approach enabled work done with modern teaching aids (e.g. audio-visual aids, computer) to be an extension of the method used in class.
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To Cite this Article: Al-Jarrah, J. M., Alkhanous, Y. Z., Talafhah, R. H., Al-Jarrah, T. M., Mansor, N., & Al-Jarrah, J. M. (2019). The Eclectic Approach as a Therapy for Teaching English as a Foreign Language to the Arab Students. International Journal of Academic Research in Progressive Education and Development, 8(1), 100–113.
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