An Exploration of the Problems in Teaching English Language Skills in an Integrated Way: A Case of Four 1st and 2nd Cycle Primary Schools
dc.contributor.advisor | Regassa, Taye (PhD) | |
dc.contributor.author | Alemu, Gizachew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-03-21T08:32:50Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-05T13:48:40Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-03-21T08:32:50Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-12-05T13:48:40Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-06 | |
dc.description.abstract | The main focus of this study was investigating the problems of teaching macrolanguage skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) in an integrated way at grade 7 level. For this purpose four, 1st and 2nd cycle primary schools in Addis Ababa were selected based on the researcher's convenience. Seven English language teachers and their 250 students at these schools filled in questionnaires designed to generate data from them. Semi-structured interview as a supplement was also used to collect further information from the teachers. Classroom observation was the other data collection instrument used to see what is going on in actual classroom situations and check whether the teachers' and their students' beliefs match.. Generally, the semi-structured interview and the classroom observation were used for triangulation purpose. Data analysis showed that the teachers had no adequate training in the implementation of skills integration i.e. how to teach language skills in an integrated way. So instead they focused on grammar and vocabulary teaching. There was a contradiction between what the teachers believe and what they actually perform in the classrooms. There was also a contradiction between what the teachers and their students believe. The students were found to be ready to learn language skills in an integrated way although they had not clear understanding of what integrated skills mean and what their advantages are. The study also showed that the most serious problems or hindrances to the teaching of language skills in an integrated way in the four schools studied are the following based on the rank order of seriousness given to the problems by the teachers: The schools have economic problem to ยท make teaching materials available, the students expect everything from their teachers instead of learning by interacting, the students will become out of control if they are allowed to interact in the classroom etc. Based on the students' responses the problems that hinder the teaching of language skills in an integrated way are lack of courage to speak in English, being afraid of making mistakes, being afraid of laughed at, lack of the teachers' effort, disturbance of the students, the teachers' being busy to finish the textbook, lack of the teachers' encouragement, and lack of enough books in the libraries. Almost all of the teachers were found to have no adequate training, and this should also be considered as a serious problem. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/30726 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
dc.subject | Teaching English Language Skills in an Integrated way | en_US |
dc.title | An Exploration of the Problems in Teaching English Language Skills in an Integrated Way: A Case of Four 1st and 2nd Cycle Primary Schools | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |