Browsing by Author "Tiruneh, Daniel"

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    An Assessment of the Practice of Teaching Listening Skills With Reference to Kotebe College of Teacher Education: Language Students in Focus
    (Addis Ababa University, 2007-02) Tiruneh, Daniel; Bogal, Berhanu (PhD)
    Thc objecti,'c of this mid, \\'as tel assess the practice "I' teaching listening skilb at Kotcbc College of Teacher Education. Spceilicall y. the study \\'as intended lC1 an s""': r thc' follo\\'ing questions: What are the factors (positi"e or ncgati, 'c) related to: I. the materials the in structo rs use and 2. the teaching en"ironment that affect the teaching of listening skills at the college" In order to achieve the objectiYes of the study. questionnaires. interview. classroom observations and content analysis ch~ck list were used as data collection tools. Both open ended and closed ended questionnaires \\ere dispatched to the avai lable Engl ish language instrucl(lrs and the sample students. Semi structured interview questions were held with the available Engl ish language instructors and the sample students. Observations \"ere he ld based on the structured checklist. Qocument inspection was also done by using checklist. Then based on the information gathered fro111 the instructors. the students. the classroom observation and the content analysis. the study showed that: There were no teacher made or commercial videocassette listening material s. Likewise. the stud,· revealed that there were few audiocassettes possessed by only two instructors. The study identified the factors th ~; hindered the teachi ng of listening skill s. According to the findings. the majority (89%) of the instructors did not use or attempt to use audio ane! video recording materials to teach listening partly because they could not operate the equipment available in the language laboratory and partly because the laboratory could not accommodate all the studen!" assigned in one section. Lack of ~ppropriate electricity connection in the classrooms \\as als<' idclltitied tb be a factor that prevented in structors hom Llsing mobi le tape recorders. As to the listening materials. the research sh,,,ved that the instructors did not use the listening ll1~terial s that the CUlTelll EL T scholars suggest. Concerning the listening acti'lti,'5 in the students' modular materi als. the stud)' showed that the listening texts and activities \\'c're not 1!1 harmony v:irh \\'h~t recfl1t EL T scholars say (such as Harmer.200 I; Undel~Mtl. 198<))
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    The Conception and Implementation of Modularization in Some Selected Public Universities in Ethiopia
    (AAU, 2020-06) Asfaw W/Giorgies, Birhanu; Tiruneh, Daniel
    This research examined volunteer’s contribution in addressing the psychosocial needs of orphaned and vulnerable children (OVC) in an orphanage: the case of love and care volunteering team. It identified the perception of volunteers about the psychosocial needs of orphaned and vulnerable children. It also identified the major contribution of volunteers in addressing psychosocial needs as well as challenges impacting their contribution .A combination of quantitative and qualitative method was employed. Questionnaire and in-depth interview were used as a tool to collect the data. The data was collected from 385 participants and 8 child based institutions. 270 questionnaires were distributed for orphaned and vulnerable children and 90 volunteers that provide service in the orphanage. In-depth interview was applied for 15 additional volunteers and 10 employees that work in the orphanage. The data collected from the questionnaire were analyzed using statistical tools such as mean, standard deviation, t-test and Pearson correlation analysis. The results of this study indicated that, high psychosocial need is found on OVC and the perception of volunteers concerning the children’s psychosocial need is also very high. Through the correlation result, it was found that as the age of the children and years of stay in the orphanage increases their psychosocial needs decreases. The contribution of volunteers to fulfill the psychosocial needs for the children is also found to be high. Through the independent sample t-test it is found that female volunteers contribute more for the fulfillment of the psychosocial needs of OVC than male volunteers. Another result from independent sample t- test showed that the educational backgrounds of volunteers was found to be insignificant to their contribution as they give service for the children. Regarding the challenges that volunteers face, the perception of the children towards the challenge the volunteers encounter is low where as volunteer’s responses about their challenge is found to be neutral. The results found from the qualitative research through in-depth interview is similar to the result found through the quantitative in regards to psychosocial need of the children and contribution of volunteers. Where as there is a slight difference between the qualitative and quantitative results related to challenges the volunteers encounter as they give service.