A Comparison of the Listening Abilities of Government Junior Secondary School Students With the Listening Level Required of Them in Their Subject Areas
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1998-06
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Addis Ababa University
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':!he ;:m:pose of this study is to find out the actual listening
ability of the junior secondaJ:y school studentsin catparison with
tIle listening level required of them in understandinq- their subject
areas.
A governr:ent jilllior secondary school vms selected for the study.
From this school one grade seven section was selectee!. Grade seven
teachers Ioho teach key subjects were recorded while teadling. '!he
recorded material served as a basis for ti1e listening ability test.
'!he results sho;"eC! that the actual lis :ming ability of the
students was below the level expected of them by their teachers.
'!hey were ~ in:
a) Understanding the general information,
b) Understanding instructions,
c) Transferring information, and
d) Understa.'1ding the specific functions bf language .
Ho\~ver, they I-.Orked ~ll in sorre ~ific lanrmaqe f illlctions,
discriiTIination of sounds, and 'yes/no' r;uestions
Ccl t.l1e basis of the findinqs, it was reccrnrended that Enol 511
and other subject teachers need traini.'1g in classr= language if
English is to continue as a r:ediun of instruction. 'llie students
also need M intensive course (i."lmO'Ision) before they start grade
seven ~lith the er(~)hasis on T,ore courses \lith tas.'<-based listenina.
usinC[ the sort of languaqe they can expect to hear in the classroom.
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Comparison of the Listening Abilities of Government