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[email protected]) AN INVESTIGATION OF ALBANIAN EFL TEACHERS’ DECISION-MAKING IN THEIR USE OF CLT- ORIENTED TEXTBOOKS KRISTJAN SEFERAJ Thesis presented for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (by research) ASTON UNIVERSITY March 2015 © Kristjan Seferaj, 2015 Kristjan Seferaj asserts his moral right to be identified as the author of this thesis This copy of the thesis has been supplied on condition that anyone who consults it is understood to recognise that its copyright rests with its author and that no quotation from the thesis and no information derived from it may be published without appropriate permission or acknowledgement. 1 Aston University Thesis title: A study on the relationship between styles of classroom delivery and Western teaching resources Researcher: Kristjan Seferaj Degree: Doctor of Philosophy Year of submission: 2015 Thesis Summary Against a backdrop of ongoing educational reforms that seek to introduce Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Albanian primary and secondary state schools, Albanian teachers, among others, are officially required to use communication-based textbooks in their classes. Authorities in a growing number of countries that are seeking to improve and westernise their educational systems are also using communication-based textbooks as agents of change.