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    An Assessment of the Necessities of Ll Use in the Efl Classroom
    (2011-05) Anega, Tariku; Aseffa, Tilahun (PhD)
    The primm)' intent of this descriptive study was to assess the necessities of L, lise in the EFL classroom based on which English teachers wOlild make use of L, ill leaching English. To this end. 100 randomly selecled grade 9 slI/dems and Iheir English leachers available in two schools, Baso and Debre Sirhan higher secondw), schools, were used as the subjects o.l the study. Two instrllmems, questionnaire and il1lervieltl, were used 10 gather pertinel1! data/i·om the participants. The quantitative daw obwined Ihrough Ihe close-ended items of both teachers' and sludents' questionnaires were tallied and Ihe /i-equencies were changed infO percenlage in order to make the resulls suitable for discussio/lS, interprelmions, and conclusions or generalizations. On the other ham/, Ihe qualitative data galhered through the interview and fell' open-elided questions o/the questionnaires were sUll1marized Clnd presenled in the/arm of rep oris. The analyses olboth the quantitalive and the qualitative data were immedialely/o//owed by disclissions and il1le'pretations which were also {fflempled to be linked It'ith some of the reviewed Iiteral1lres. The jindings ollhe stU(O' indicated that both the slUdenl and the leac'her participants foulld the use o.lL, in the English classroom useful. /1 was also /()und oul that there are instances when Ihey find L1 use the mosl usejiJ!. For example, '10 give the mmnings of new \vords '; 'to explain difficult concepts '; 'to check for comprehension '; '/0 give inSlrllctions' and 'to explain difficult grammar points' are the ones to be given the higher priority /01' the use 0/ L, in the English classroom. Moreover, the fill7damental reasons of the students' and teachers' pre/erencesj(Jr Ihe use I