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mpossible in Yemen due to the economic hardship of the coNtry-
There is no need ro rcduce rhe nurnber ofth€ students - becaus€ it is
impossible at presenr o. to inhoduce a new curricululr or ro
replee the old untraired teacbers by new onq- All this is not
needed; what is needed is some kind of undentading of $e
situlion ard of the undqlyirg ihplicitions of l@q€nrer€d
apprcaches. Some haining counes could sufrce to bnng about such
understandin8. A firll treahent of such courses wil be dealt with in
4. One of the trnpon d priorities for recomending a leamercentered
approach lo E slish lalslase te&hiDs [ELT] in Yemen js
the slrcss of such approaches oD lhilking on the pan of the
individul leser as well a tiat of the tscher. 'Ihis is a very
inponat poi<strong>rt</strong>, which also fom a pa<strong>rt</strong> of this r€s€arch. For the
rc$3rclEr, the aim of education should bc to prcp@ le3t!€rs to
cop€ with fte problem and chall€nges of every day life. That
cannot be achieved unless d€ l€amers are trained to thirk tur
themselves and lhe school is the very groud to planr rhe seeds of
n-uitful tlirkin& From the school age th€ child should be r'aired ro
think objecrively od creatively. Tle anificial life of the classroom
is .o morc helptul to the morc prcssing n€eds ed de@ds of rhe
modem life. What has ben said aboul the l.amer is also true lo rhe
t@cher; he should be more indep€ndent tha €ver beforc. He shoutd
be 6ee ton the chairu of olhe6, like the couse designer, the
schml swerdsor and $e s.h@l h€3d l6ts erc. He sbordd bc lhe
masts nor ihe sewanr of rhe rlarerial. All thjs rcquir.s fton hih lo
be a cEtive thinker and an irmovsrive naMgq. In this r€gdd,
l€wh (1986: 105) aslens
'' All lemirg th.onet srAAest thar thoe thinSt w .Iit.oeT ,u
@Iw o. @ fvnl,fed k o@ nitdt th.. thoe, vhich
.! @ r,rd'. He conlinEs, ...,,k plee olbtid t@n& ,m
.nph6is is no'.d to the Fd.<strong>tt</strong> of *plorution, ehich bels to
getuiv wn ntahAins".
5. The expqitrnr ard the Eview of lir@tw, in panicdd, <strong>hr</strong>ve
shown tbar at dle hean of leah€r-cenrered app.oach$ is the t€ame.
as an individul. This is a very impo.rdr modem conc€pl. These
modem apprcaches dm.nd that $e lemer tusr of all sbould be