Assessing The Practice Of Teaching Writing Skills In English Language At Government And Private Schools: The Case Of Dejazmach Wondirad And Hillside Secondary Schools, Grade 11, In Addis Ababa.
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2020-06
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he study was mainly focused to assess the practice of teaching writing skills in private and
government schools that are found in Addis Ababa City in the case of Hillside and
DejazmachWondirad Schools: Grade 11 in focus. To achieve the research objectives and to
answer the research questions, questionnaire, document analysis and classroom observation were
employed as data gathering instruments .It was a descriptive research design undertaken to
complete the study .Grade 11 English language teachers teaching at Hillside and Dejazmatch
Wondirad schools, who were three and eight in number respectively, were the participants of the
study selected by purposive sampling. Besides them, two hundred forty one (Dejazmach
Wondirad) and seventy nine (Hillside) students were randomly selected and took part in the
study. The data collected through questionnaire was analyzed and interpreted quantitatively
where as the data collected through observation and document analysis were analyzed
qualitatively using the set check lists. Based on the interpretation of the collected data and the
analysis of the extracted sample documents, English language teachers do not teach the
theoretical aspect of writing skills in the actual teaching learning environment. They do not teach
also the writing skills by integrating with other English language skills such as speaking,
listening, reading, etc in their classroom teaching practice in both private and government
schools. The teaching materials are not similar to teach English language (Writing skills) in the
context of private and government schools at the same grade level , and the materials do not have
theoretical input related to the lesson of writing skills. The skill (writing skill) is not planned to
be taught or learned accordingly under the lesson plan in both school cases in addition to the
difference in the number of days to teach writing skills in a week. Relying on the findings,
private and government schools should teach writing skills by providing theoretical inputs like
the approaches of teaching-learning writing skills. They should also teach writing skills by
integrating with other English language skills besides using the same teaching material for the
same grade level by planning it under the lesson plan.
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Grade 11 English language teachers teaching at Hillside and Dejazmatch Wondirad schools