Structural and Situational Approaches in Developing the Communicative Ability Of Ninth Grade Ethiopian Students in Speaking English
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1986-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In tht s study an attempt has beer; ;"jade it.) fi nc out whether or not a
Situational Approach is more effective than a Struc .cr a] Approach i~ develop-
'ing the communicative ability in spe;:tkin~:fn:'lish. Teach inq mater ia'ls ~/ere
prepared in line with the principles of th2 S1tuational and the Structural
Approaches.
One hun~red Grade ~ine students ~ere ranciomely assigned to the
Experimental and the Control Groups. A pr2-te3~ was s~;e~to record the
backgrounds of th~ students before the ~xperim~nt was started. Their English
proficiency was found to be a~rost the sale.
At the end of the instructions of the Experimental Lessons, a posttest
was administered to observe the outcome of the Experiment. Thus~ any
change that might cume after the experiment can be atributed to the difference
in methodology. In the scores obtained, as determined by the t-t.est, the
Experimental Group achieved significantly better results that the Control
Group.
un the bas is of the findings, it is recommended that non-native speakers
of English should be taught English through the Situational ~pproach to
develop their communicative competenc~. It is also recommended that more
research work should be carried out before ary concrete move is taken
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Communicative Ability