Regular and Supportive English Classes: A Study of Relationship
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2006
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Supportive English classes are believed to enable students to improve their
English ability and academic performance. Hence, in this study an attempt is made to
find out the kind of relationship between regular and supportive English classes. Three
research questions were raised: What sorts of relationship are there between regular and
supportive English classes? What are the attitudes of English teachers and students
toward supportive English classes? And how is supportive English class conducted?
The study involved twenty three English teachers and one hundred grade ten
supportive English classes students selected from four sec ondary sc ho ols in North
Shoa.- The major in struments in thi s study were questionnaire, interview , and c la ssroom
observation. The questionnaires were admin istered for both English teachers a nd
students. The questionnaires contained 26 items for teachers, and 20 items for students .
To consolidate the inform ation obtained from the questionnaire, unstructured interview
was conducted with four English teach ers and classroom observation was used.
The study showed that support ive Engli s h c la sses are some w ha t related to the
regular Engl ish c lasses in some aspects. For in s tance, it indicated that as supportive
Engli sh classes enhance the regular class and help s tudents improve their English
abi lity, there is a positive relationship between them . Moreover, the re s ults of the study
revea led that Engli sh teachers themselves are conducting the supportive English
c lasses . Moreover, students do not get suppoli from their peers in the supportive
English classes. The study also showed that most of the sampled English teachers and
student s seemed to hold positive attitudes towards supportive English class program.
Hence, the researc her recommends among ot hers the need to understand the
mall1 goal of conducting supportive English classes by English teachers as we ll as
students is essential
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Supportive English