Teaching Conditionals in Iraq: Towards a Communicative Approach

Abstract

This paper aims at presenting the new method used in Iraq to teach
grammar. Despite the fact that the curriculum now is very different from
the traditional one, it still depends on the exam-based system. The new
syllabi of intermediate and secondary schools focus on the
communicative approach. Yet, the question here is that this book will
help students interact with each other inside and outside the class. Due to
the broad areas of grammar, the research will examine teaching
conditional as a sample. So, the present study will exclusively investigate
teaching conditionals in Iraq compared with teaching conditionals in the
UK. In this study, two course books are selected to analyze the
conditionals in terms of whether they are based on consciousness raising
C-R features or not. The first book is from Iraq, English for Iraq (2013),
used as a textbook and designed for senior High Schools, sixth
preparatory. The second book is upper