A study on pracrtices and challenges of teaching Listening skills : addis ababa and debre zeit Peacekeeping english project (pep) centres

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2011-06

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Addis Ababa Universiy

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The aim of this study was to explore the practices and challenges of teaching listening in the! peacekeeping English project under the Ministry of National defense. The purpose was to explore the approach adopted in teaching listening and what problems were encountered by the teachers while teaching it. To this end, English language teachers and students were selected using purposive sampling technique. To identifY what listening practices did the teachers use and what teaching materialslsupport~ did they use to teach listening, the researcher used a ·questionnaire. A questionnaire was also administered to the students to gather data about their teachers ' teaching practices. Observation was one of the main instruments to collect data about practices of teaching listening. For the sake of crosschecking if there is a match or not between what the teachers have mentioned in the . questionnaire and what they actually did in the classroom and for detailed information; an observation was used Finally, in order to complement the data ji-om the questionnaire, and to get in-depth information about the problems related to teaching listening, a semistructured type of interview was used. A mixed research approach was employed in the study in order to collect and analyse the data. The data through the interview was analysed qualitatively whereas the data through questionnaire and observation were analysed quantitatively. Results of the study showed that the teachers' practices of teaching listening were as most literatures suggest it should be. They were seen applying the three stages with different activities. The teachers pointed out that they face difficulty only from the side of the students as their students did not have enough exposure to listening skills. Finally, possible recommendations were drawn.

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A study on pracrtices and challenges of teaching

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