The Attitudes of Students and Teacher Towards The Use of Esp Teaching Material in Technical Schools in Addis Ababa.
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1989-06
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The main purpose of this study »e.e to Lnve st Lgat e the
qrrreht attitudes of s t.uden t s an d teachers in technical
schools t owar ds the use of ~n :SSP (English for specific
purposes) teaching mat er La L, 159 stUGents ailu 72 teachers
from t hr ee gove r-nmerrtt.echni.c al schools in Addis Ababa, were
the uubjects of the study.
To .ichi.eve the [dr.i intended, the rosoar-cher
implemented two sauplcs of t o.ich.i.ng mcterie.ls, GPE (General
pur~osc En~liGh) Jnd ESP (English for specific purposes).
All subjects w er-c expo sec to both teaching :n.C:-.terir.,ls.
In the CDse of the students, the researcher t~ught them
both te~chin~ ~~tcri&ls for five days 82ch.
Subsequently, to obtain dat2 for th~ study, observation
(activities observed during the five deys of teaching period)
&nc:,two qu estf.onurn.r-c s of the S3';'10 ne-'turewere cpplied.
The subjects' res~onses were tallie~. coded and percentages
~ere conputad for e~ch it~m. To comp2rc students' and
toachers' res~onsc8, 5 p~irad questions or stctcmcnts having
tvo contrr.at.Lag fac.tures were selected and crOSG tr.buLr.t ed;
I:::' adcu.tLon , intor-school ccupz.rd sons with rCGe-rd to the
Jistri~ution of ESP toachin3 ~ teriel responses Were mcde.
TlL) an.aly ses of the results show t h,..t , all in 2.11,
studGntb' ~.nd tc~c~Grs' Lttitudos to~ards th3 use of ESP
On tho b; sis of the finding!::, r-ocommendrt Lon o
concerning tho cur-r-orrt i:.ttitudos of t cchru.c e I school at u dc nt e
and t er.c h er s t.owr-r-ds the dsiro for ESP Lcc r n.ing -n d t cac.h Lng
nro stcted, end also the need for further intensivo rosoprch
r-ogar dr ng tho other ESP vr.r Lrb Los is suggc st od.
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Teaching Material