Reading preferences of grade 11 students in addis ababa
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1993-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was to investigate and
identify 11th grade students' reading preferences in Addis
Ababa. The subject of the study were 300 randomly selected
students from four government secondary schools.
To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire
was designed and administered to the students. The
questionnaire had two major parts: part one aimed at getting
background information and part two was concerned with a
reading preference inventory; i.e. students were asked to
choose and rank their 10 best reading topics, titles and
texts. These topics, titles and texts were del iberately
designed in order to cross-check the validity of the
respondents' responses.
The results of the study indicated that students'
attitudes towards the given reading topics, titles and texts
were similar irrespective of sex. Both males and females
chose the same top ten reading topics, but there was a
difference in ranking wi thin the top ten choices. Thus,
males preferred in descending order of popularity: detective
stories, adventure stories, research and technology, love
stories, humour, health, sports, biography, culture and sex
education. Females preferred love stories, humour, health,
biography, research and technology, sports, culture, sex
education, detective stories, and adventure stories, in a
descending order.
On the basis of the findings, recommendations concerning
the kinds of reading texts to be included in the textbooks ,
the development of students' attitudes towards English
written materials, and the need for further investigation on
students' reading preferences are stated.
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preferences of grade