The Interrelations of English Language Proficiency and Academic Achievement of Seventh Grade Ethiopian Students
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1990-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
In this stud y, o n a tt e mpt was made to find the i nt e rr
e l ations of ELP n nd acode mic flc hi evement of s eve nth grnde
students. I n order t o rl o this, 132 sev e nth Br ade student s
we r e rnndomly se l e ct e d fr om Pnt ri ots ' Junior Hi g h Sch ool.
A t est was prepared a n d g iven to the se stu dents by t h e
writ er to measur e their ELP whil e t h e ir academi c nchi eveme
n t test r es ult s in ma ths, science n nd ge o ~ r nph y we r e
gath ered fr o m th e sc ho o l r e cord.
Th e Pearso n Prod uct-Mome nt Corre l n t i on Coeffic i e nt
f o rmula was u sed to find the correlAtion b e twee n E n g lish-
Geogra phy, En g li s h-Moth s an ' ] English-Sc i e nc e . Th e r esu lts
of th e comput n ti o n r e v ea l ed tha t:the correl a ti o n b e t wee n En g lis h-Geography ",as 0 . 55.
th e co rre l a tion b e twe e n EnBli s h-Math s w <?\ s 0 . 56.
- th e co rr e l at i o n b e tw een En g li s h-Sc i e nc e was 0 . 6 4.
Th e r e sults in ge n e r a l s h owed thn t stud e nts ' .... h o scored
hi g h in the ELPT h a v e a l so score d hi g h in the oth e r
aCAde mic subjects a n ยท.:) vice v e r sEI .
It wns a l so f o un d out tha t of th o se wh o sc o r ed 50%
a n-i abov e in the ELPT , 6 1 . 54% p Ass ed in ma ths , 811. 62%
in science a n d 92 . 3% in eeoeraphy by scoring 50 n n d
abo v e in accordance with th e Mini stry of Educa ti o nPolicy. Only 7. 69~~ of those ",ho scored 50% in the ELPT
f a iled in 0 11 the three subjects.
On the b ases o f the results of the study And
other rel e vant points me ntione1 in this poper,
recommend8tions h~ve been Biven. One such is to use
50% in th e ELPT ~s A criterion for promo ti on from
erwle 6 to Gr ade 7 if junior high sch oo l stu ' l e nts
are to succ eed in their academic studies
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English Language Proficiency