Student -Teacher Attitudes to Grade 9 Reading Texts and Exercises.
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2001-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main objective of this study was to investigate into student-teacher attitudes to grade
9 reading texts and exercises. The study was carried out on 120 grade 9 students and 20
English teachers from the high schools in IIIubabor Zone.
It is using questionnaires and interviews that relevant data for this study were collected .
Among other things, the analysis of the data would seem to suggest that there are more
differences in att itudes to reading texts between students and teachers than there are more
similarities. The interview resu lts justified this lack of congruence between students' and
teachers ' attitudes to read ing texts. On the other hand, it was found out that both students
and teachers have more or less similar views regarding reading exercises and teaching
procedures. Accordingly, the poor language background students have, among other
things/factors, reportedly was found to be accountable for learners to have negative
reactions towards different aspects of reading texts and exerci ses. Teachers' attitudes
were attributed mainly to the ease with which they handled the reading texts and
exercises with the teaching procedures recommended in the Teacher's Book, and the
extent to whi ch the texts and exercises help learners succeed in other academic subjects.
Based on the findings it is recommended that both students and teachers should be
convinced about the roles the reading texts and exercises play in other academic subjects,
and put in their efforts accordingly.
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Student -Teacher Attitudes