Speaking Strategies Employed by First Year Students at the Kotebe College of Teacher Education
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1995-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study is an attempt to investigate and describe the current speaking
strategies used by first year diploma students majoring English at the Kotebe College
of Teacher Education. 25 students were involved and four research instruments
namely: a questionnaire, interviews, classroom observation and video-recording were
used in collecting data from the students.
The first chapter of this paper deals with a statement of the problem, the purpose
and significance of the study, definition of terms, scope, and limitation of the study.
Chapter two is devoted to reviewing related literature dealing with background research
in learning strategies in general and the research studies in speaking strategies in
particular, the research studies regarding learning strategies in Ethiopia, and finally the
place of speaking in language learning. In the third chapter, the research procedure is
described followed by the results and discussion in the fourth chapter. The fifth and
final chapter consists of implications and recommendations made on the basis of the
results of this study.
The results revealed that the majority of the subjects involved in this study were
found to be strategic and generally to utilize various speaking strategies believed by
researchers to facilitate successful speaking. According to the results, although the
subjects appeared to be generally promising and with remarkable interest to develop
their speaking skill, there were certain strategies which were either rarely or never used
by them. Some known strategies appeared to be used less frequently and were less
developed. The possible reason could be lack of awareness and experience in using
them. Consequently, it is recommended that the students need to be helped in
becoming aware of the various strategies they can use to facilitate their speaking.
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Speaking Strategies