The Communicative Langua.Ge Teaching In Selected Second Cycle Primary Schools Ln East Shoa Zone
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2006-06
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Addis Ababauniversity
Abstract
This study was carried out to examine the application of communicative language
teaching in the selected second cycle primary schools in East Shoa.
A descriptive survey method was employed to carryout this study since it is more
appropriate to reveal current problems. The subject of the study included 180 students,
90 teachers, 9 principals and 9 vice principals from the 9 selected second cycle primary
schools in East Shoa. They were selected using multi-stage cluster, purposive and
simple random sampling techniques.
The data was gathered through questionnaires, interview and classroom observation.
The questionnaires were used to explore students, teachers and school administrators
beliefs, attitudes, reported classroom practices, as well as constraints, with respect to
communicative approach. The interview and classroom observation supplemented the
data obtained through the questionnaires. Percentages, mean value, rating scales were
used to analyze the collected data.
The results of the study revealed that communicative language teaching was not
implemented in the majority of the primary schools selected for the study, as reported
by students, teachers and school administrators. It was found that majority of English
teacr,Grs have limited experiences of the communicative language teaching
methodolugy.
Besides, some factors such as interference of mother tongue, large class size, failures
of the learners to use the language outside the classroom, the low proficiency of the
learners in the English language were a series hindrance to their use of CL T. It was
also found that eight of the ten observed teachers failed to teach communicatively, as a
result of their teaching methodology was traditional type or teacher-centered.
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The conclusions to be drawn from the result of the study is that teachers limited
knowledge and experiences about communicative approach and factors indicated in the
study were found to be major factors that hindered the application of communicative
language teaching in the second cycle primary schools.
On the basis of the findings, it was recommended that in order for primary school
English teachers to use CL T successfully, they should be given courses, seminars and
orientation on the principles & theories of communicative language teaching
methodology. Besides, the role of school administrators and teachers to overcome
different constraints is a crucial factor for the success of the communicative approach in
primary schools
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Primary Schools Ln East Shoa Zone