“…Besides these, the participants revealed several other problems such as: large class size, lack of curriculum dissemination, lack of teacher education, and students' willingness to communicate. Almost all the problems shared by the participants preventing them from implementing CLT principles are similar to the previous studies carried out by Alalwi (2021) in Saudi Arabian context, Hussein (2018) in Libyan context, Sunar (2018) in Nepalese context, Chang and Goswami (2011) in Taiwanese context, Rahman and Pandian (2018) in Bangladeshi context, Asmari (2015) in Saudi Arabian context, Panhwar et al (2017) in Pakistani context, Kwon (2017) in Thai context, Hattani (2018) in Moroccan context, Wei et al (2018) in Asian context, Song (2019) in Chinese context, Nayeen et al (2020) in Bangladeshi context, Sreehari (2012); ( in Indian context, Takal et al (2021) in Afghan context and Chamlagain (2004) in Nepalese context. The majority of the cited studies represent the Asian region except for some countries.…”