The Practice of Teaching Reading in English at First Cycle Primary Schools: Grade Four in Focus
| dc.contributor.advisor | Bogale, Berhanu (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Derash, mesfin | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-12T07:55:26Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T04:04:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-12T07:55:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T04:04:13Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this study is to find out how students learn to read English and teachers teach reading skill in government primary schools especially in grade four. It is also to investigate students English reading ability in the grade level mentioned. To gather information on the above main objectives various instruments have been used. These are: classroom observation, teachers’ questionnaire, teachers’ and students’ focus group discussions, teachers’ and students’ interviews and a reading comprehension test. The data were categorized and descriptively analyzed. As a result, the findings depicted that inappropriate reading techniques and procedures were used in the mentioned grade level. Teachers were observed using the traditional way of teaching reading which is dominated by reading aloud. There has been little or no time given for silent reading. Techniques of reading such as pre- and post- reading were not used at all. The consequence of wrong reading practices used has resulted in the weak performances of the students in their reading ability. To that end, this research paper provides recommendation that could bring about a change in the practice of teaching and learning reading in the grade level studied so that current techniques and procedures of teaching reading could be employed. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/8278 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Teaching Reading | en_US |
| dc.title | The Practice of Teaching Reading in English at First Cycle Primary Schools: Grade Four in Focus | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |