Exploring the Attitudes of Grade Ten Students and Their English Language Teachers Towards Group Work
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2009-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The main purpose of the study was to explore the attitudes of grade ten students
and their English language teachers towards group work in Entoto Amba
Secondary School in Addis Ababa. Because of shortage of time, the study was
restricted to 150 students and seven English language teachers at grade ten
level. An attempt was made to identify students' attitudes towards group work,
find out grade ten English language teachers' attitudes towards group work, to
assess the status of group work as a mode of classroom interaction in EFL
classes, and to raise the awareness of English language teachers and other
researchers about the role of group work in EFL classes. To do this, the data
were collected through classroom observation, interviews and questionnaires. To
get the necessmy data, classroom observation checklist, two seven-item
interview questions- one for teachers and the other for students, two twenty-item
questionnaires- one for teachers and the other for students were designed and
used. To avoid or minimize data contamination, classroom observation was made
first, and then interviews were conducted and lastly questionnaires were
distributed to the subjects. The data obtained were then analyzed and
discussed using percentages and means obtained from computations. The results
reveal that both grade ten students and their English language teachers have
mildly positive attitudes towards group work. It was recommended that English
language teachers should be given additional training on how to effectively use
group work.
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