An Exploratory Study of Teaching Reading in Early Grade: In The Case of Menelik Primary School
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2013-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study was to explore teachers' practices of teaching reading
lessons in early grade especially grade one. The subjects of the study were grade
one English teachers of Menelik II Primary government School. A sample of 3
grade one English teachers were chosen, however one of the teacher left out due
to her personal reason. Thus, the 2 grade one English teachers were observed for
6 periods each while they were teaching reading. After the classroom observation
the 2 teachers were interviewed. Next, based on the checklist prepared from the
review of related literature the text book used to teach reading was analyzed.
Analysis of the data collected through observation, interview, and book analysis
shows the following findings: Teachers used whole language method; Most of the
basic reading instructional methods were not used; Teachers were not aware of
early reading methods; The text book provide activities of phonics, ยท but no
phonemic awareness; and the topics and pictures of the text are familiar and
predictable for the students. On the basis of these findings, some
recommendations were forwarded.
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Teaching Reading