An Investigation of Teachers' Effort to Motivate and Increase Students' Participation in the English Classes: Tadelech Hailu Secondary School in Focus.
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2011-05
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The purpose oJ this study was to investigate the effort oj grade ten English teachers to motivate
and increase students' participation in the English classes because motivation is believed to be
the most important and decisive Jactor to bring a relatively permanent change on the students'
academic perJormances.
In order to collect valid and relevant inJormation about the study, questionnaire Jor the
students, classroom observation and an interview Jor the English teachers were conducted Sixty
students from eight sections oj grade ten in 2003 and Jour English teachers who have been
teaching the sample students were selected as a sample. After the selection, the students and
teachers were made to give their responses about the effort oJ their teachers to motivate and
increase students ' participation in the English lessons. 21 items oJ th e questionnaire Jor the
students were administered Moreover, Jour English teachers were interviewed Furthermor e,
each English teacher was observed three tim es. Finally, quantitati ve and qualitative technique s
were used to analyze th e data. The data collected through the actual classroom observation, th e
interview and the open ended items oJthe questionnaire were analyzed qualitatively where as th e
data gathered via th e closed-ended items of the students' questionnaire was analyzed
quantitatively.
The results oJ the study showed that, having created a good relationship with th e students so as
to motivate and increase students' participation in the English lessons, the teachers tried to
organize and manage the class room in order to enable learners carry out effective teaching
learning process. Though they didn't encourage learners to evaluate themselves by using
appropriate teaching aids and by giving additional activities and Jurther practices so as to help
students who need due attention., they did an undeniable and encouraging job with great effort
by providing more opportunities Jor students to participate actively. As a result, most students
were motivated and aroused to learn their lessons properly and in an interesting way.
Furthermore, most teachers used rewards such as pen, pencil, exercise books etc and also they
used praise words such as excellent, bravo, great, keep it up etc. in order to motivate increase
and attract the students' attention towards actively following their lessons. However, some
teachers were not in a good position by providing such opportunities to bring a meaningful
change on students' participation so as to help students who need due attention. Since their
efJort to do more was less effective, a number of students' effort to in crea se th eir participation
towards actively Jollowing their le ssons so as to achieve the intended goal was minimum . In
general, though the teach ers' effort in th e selected school was some how good and effective, they
should coopera ti vely work hard so as to achieve the desired intended goals because some
teachers' effort to teach students in th e English lessons so as to achieve the intended goal was
not as such effective and satisJactory.
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Teachers Effort to Motivate