Exploring Teachers' Perceptions on Teaching Reading Skill: Grade 10 Chitu Secondary School in Focus
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2018-08
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Addis Ababa University
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The study explored teachers' perception and techniques they used to teach reading in Chi tu
secondary school grade ten . In this study, descriptive rese arch design was used with th e mixed
res earch methods. To achieve objective of the stu dy, the target school was selected for it is
convenient for the study. With this, the researcher used all four EFL teachers available along
with 1 71 students of grade ten out of 300 students. The students were sele cted through
sampling technique fo rmu la proposed by Slov in s J 960 . Three data ga th ering il1Stru lI1 enl.1 were
used to collect data. They were que stionnaire f or students, int erview for teachers and class
room observation. The quantitative and qu alitative data gathered through these instrum ents
were processed, analyzed and presented using descriptive statistics. The result of the study
indicates th at teachers' classroom practice and students' response does not reflect their
perception of reading. The result also reve aled th at teachers frequen tly used only two types of
techniques which imply reading tec hniqu es advocate d in the literature were not effectivelv
implemented by the target school teachers. Based on the findings and conclusion of sludy
recommendations were forwarded for EFL teache rs and other responsible bodies
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Perceptions on Teaching Reading Skil, Grade 10 Chitu Secondary School in Focus