An Assessment of The Oral Group Lessons in "English for Ethiopia Grade Seven" in Promoting Cooperative Learning
| dc.contributor.advisor | Demissie, Teshome (PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Tesfamichael, Wondwosen | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-07-17T07:46:34Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-09T04:04:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-07-17T07:46:34Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-09T04:04:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008-07 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to assess the oral group lessons in the newly (2007/2008) implemented student’s English textbook of grade seven. The assessment mainly focused on whether or not the oral group lessons in the textbook promote cooperative learning. The study involved the textbook, four English language teachers who have been teaching the language in Muke Turi and Gebreguracha Primary and Junior Secondary Schools, and five hundred and twenty-five students who have been learning at the same schools in Northern Shoa. The data for the study were gathered through text analysis . In order to see the actual happening and to triangulate the findings of the text analysis, interviews were conducted and classrooms were observed. The results of the study showed as follows: - The oral group lessons in the textbook of grade seven fulfill almost all the criteria of cooperative learning. - The teachers and the students who were interviewed understood the benefits of sharing ideas through cooperative learning in spite of the fact that the number of the students in each class was large, and the students had poor background knowledge of English. - The classroom observations proved that the number of students in each class was large; the desks were fixed; some teachers followed up and monitored their learners while working the activities in groups; the students frequently used their mother tongue rather than English during group discussions; the teachers did not set a time limit for the discussions, and there was little practice of evaluating the oral group lessons after cooperative learning. The summary of the findings indicated that the oral group lessons in the textbook help to promote cooperative learning though there are some problems that have been mentioned above to practice them in the classrooms. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/8962 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Assessment of The Oral Group Lessons | en_US |
| dc.title | An Assessment of The Oral Group Lessons in "English for Ethiopia Grade Seven" in Promoting Cooperative Learning | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |