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The current study investigates the effectiveness of concept-based instruction on teaching the speech acts in Iraqi EFL learners. The sample of the study has been selected from third year students, Department of English, College of Education for Humanities / University of Mosul for the academic year 2017-2018. The study applies Galperin’s (1978) model of concept-based instruction to teach speech acts of face-threatening nature, namely; criticism, disagreeing and apology through a course in conversation. The research deploys discourse completion tests and role-play tests to elucidate data for statistical treatment. The research adopts Hudson et.al's (1995) model to evaluate students’ performance for the discourse completion and role-play tests. The model has been slightly modified in order to suit the aims of the research. The two-group experimental design is employed and T test for two independent s is applied in statistical treatments. The statistical treatment shows statistically significant differences in the mean scores of the DCT and the role-play test between the CBI oriented group and the Audiolingual oriented group in proper use of speech acts of criticism, disagreeing and apology in favor of the CBI oriented group. Hence, the posed hypothesis is approved. (Published abstract)