situation analysis: arabic language and literature students and university teachers' perspectives towards principles of communicative language teaching

the curriculum development for arabic language skills needs to needs analysis (na) and situation analysis (sa). na examines the linguistic needs and sa examines non-linguistic factors such as societal factors, project factor, institutional factors, teacher factors, learner factors. this work examines the teachers and learners' perceptions as part of the teacher factors and learner factors, about communicative approach. the method of study is survey and the research tool is questionnaire. the study sample is consisted of two groups of students and teachers. the method of data analysis is quantitative. the main questions of this study are: a: is there a gap between the communicative approach principals and teachers and learners' perceptions? b: if yes, what are the perceptions that cause this gap? results of the study indicate that there is a gap between the communicative approach principals and the teachers and learners' perceptions and this gap are based on their commitment some of the traditional principles in language teaching.