Analysis of Communicative Activities in EFL Coursebooks Intended for Slovenian Primary and Secondary SchoolsPistotnik, Kaja (Avtor) Burazer, Lara (Mentor) communicative competencecommunicative approachcommunicative language teachingELT coursebooksnational curriculumThe thesis examines how communicative activities are incorporated into English language teaching (ELT) coursebooks used in Slovenian primary and secondary schools. The theoretical part of this paper describes the key principles of communicative competence and communicative language teaching (CLT), and compares the theoretical framework to the Slovenian national curricula. The empirical part analyses separate units in Messages 4 and Headway: Upper Intermediate using a checklist based on Harmer and Prodromou’s criteria for communicative activities. The results show that there is a significant difference between the two coursebooks as secondary-level materials include more communicative tasks while primary-level materials largely focus on grammar and vocabulary. This suggests that coursebooks, especially at lower levels, do not fully support the communicative goals set by national curricula.20252025-10-10 07:49:00Magistrsko delo/naloga174846sl