Teachers’ Perception of Speaking Skill, Speaking Instruction and Students’ Perception of Speaking Skill (A Descriptive Study on Grade 9 Students of two Secondary Schools in Addis Abab
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2011-05
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Addis Ababa University
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This research is about teachers’ perception about speaking skill, speaking
instruction and students’ perception of speaking skill. To achieve the objectives
of the study 150 grade nine students and 5 teachers were randomly selected
from two high schools (i.e. one government and one private). In this study, the
questionnaire and classroom observation were used as the major tool for data
collection, and interview was used to cross-check the results of the data
collected from questionnaires.
To know teachers’ perception of speaking skill, 17 questions were prepared and
distributed for five teachers. On the other hand, to know students’ perception of
speaking skill, 16 questions were prepared and distributed for 150 students.
All the questionnaires for both teachers and students were filled and returned.
To see how speaking instructions are conducted, an observation checklist was
prepared. The observation checklist contains eight evaluation criteria.
In the analysis of the data, simple statistical procedures were used which made
the interpretation and discussion of the results easier and clearer. The
discussion was made by making use of percentage and the result of all the
three tools was triangulated.
The study reached a finding that indicates both teachers and students have
negative perception about speaking skill and speaking instructions were not
conducted properly.
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Speaking Instruction and Students