TY - JOUR ID - TI - The Implementation of Co-teaching Model in English Department at College of Basic Education: Teachers’ and Students’ Perspectives AU - Qismat Mohammed Zahawi PY - 2020 VL - 3 IS - 4 SP - 249 EP - 266 JO - journal of Language Studies مجلة بحوث اللغات SN - 26166224 26639033 AB - In spite of the growing interest in co-teaching in teacher education programs, there is a paucity of research on its use and effectiveness in the Kurdish context. This paper aims to address this gap by investigating Kurdish EFL teachers’ and students’ perspectives toward implementing co-teaching model in English department in the academic year 2019-2020. To achieve this aim, a focus group interview with 5 teachers was carried out to elicit the required data. As for the students’ perspectives, a questionnaire was used to obtain the data. The data was analysed quantitatively. The study revealed that Kurdish EFL teachers had appositive perspectives toward co-teaching model; furthermore, the teachers also showed approving perspectivestoward implementing co-teaching in their department. Hence, coteaching model can be regarded a promising pedagogical practice for future use.

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