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THIS STUDY EXPLORES MACAU\u2019S SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS\u2019 PERCEPTIONS OF UTILISING DIE IN THEIR CLASSES. A MIXED-METHODS RESEARCH (MMR) APPROACH WAS ADOPTED IN THIS STUDY, CONSISTING OF THREE PHASES. FIRST, PRE-SURVEY INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED TO UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE CHOICES OF TEACHING APPROACHES AND THE APPLICATION OF DIE OF MACAU\u2019S SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS. SUBSEQUENTLY, A QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY TARGETING LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS WAS ADMINISTERED, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WERE CROSS-EXAMINED BY, AND INTEGRATED WITH, THE RESULTS OF TWO POST-SURVEY GROUP INTERVIEWS. WHILE THE RESULTS AFFIRM THE LOCAL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENGLISH TEACHERS\u2019 POSITIVE VIEW ON DIE AS AN ELT PEDAGOGY AND IDENTIFY THEIR PERCEIVED ADVANTAGES OF DIE, THE STUDY INDICATES THE OVER-DETERMINATION OF MULTI-FACETED CHALLENGES TO ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN MACAU\u2019S SECONDARY EDUCATION CONTEXT. 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