An Investigation of the Practice of Teaching Listening at Primary Level: the Case of Two Government Schools in Addis Ababa
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2008-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study was conducted with the objective of investigating the practice
of teaching listening comprehension. The study was carried out in two
Grade 7 government primary schools found in Addis Ababa in the
academic year 2008. Three English language teachers and eighty
students were subjects of the study.
Data were collected using questionnaires, observation and content
analysis. Three of the teachers (two teachers from Eshet and a teacher
from Dejazamch Umer Semeter) who were teaching English in Grade 7
completed the questionnaire. A questionnaire was also distributed to the
students and eighty of them responded to the items. Three of the
teachers were observed (each four times) while they were teaching
listening to see how they were implementing listening. The information
gathered from the classroom observations was checked against the
questionnaires. From the sixteen units available in English for Grade 7,
four units were randomly selected and analyzed using a check list for the
consumption of this study. Then, responses given to questionnaires and
the findings of the classroom observations were analyzed using frequency
and percentage. The findings revealed that teachers failed to implement
fully the teaching of listening according to the procedures and techniques
favored by the teachers’ book and scholars of ELT.
Finally, based on the findings, it was recommended that teachers should
get training related to the newly published grade 7 text book. Teachers,
on their part, should work hard to prepare supplementary materials and
address the interest of their students in teaching listening. The material
writers should also revisit the texts and activities prepared for teaching
listening to make them engaging and interesting so that students can
make use of the listening lessons to achieve the target of learning
language.
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Teaching Listening at Primary Level