EFL Teachers’ Practice of Teaching Reading Skills: the Case of Grade 8 in Three Primary Schools of Gida Ayana Town
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Taye Regassa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Girma Gemeda | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-13T08:22:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-13T08:22:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-11 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to investigate EFL teachers’ practice of teaching reading skills to grade 8 students in three primary schools of Gida Ayana town. To achieve the stated purposes, a descriptive research design which contains both quantitative and qualitative methods was employed. The participants of the study were 72 students and 3 EFL teachers sampled from the three schools. Instruments of data collection were questionnaire, classroom observation and interview. For data analysis, both quantitative and qualitative methods were used. The data collected via close-ended questionnaire were analyzed and described using quantitative methods (descriptive statistics) using mean, SD, frequency and percentage. Whereas those collected through open-ended questionnaire, classroom observation and interview were analyzed qualitatively. The finding of the study revealed that EFL teachers’ were not properly implementing pre-reading, while-reading and post-reading activities to practice teaching reading skills in EFL classrooms. In addition to this, teaching reading techniques such as: scanning, skimming, intensive and extensive activities were not applied by English language teachers in the three schools. The result from practical classroom observation proved that EFL teachers were used lecture method, students were not involved in reading and they were passive listeners from the beginning up to the end during teaching and learning process. Therefore, this study recommends that EFL teachers should properly implement the three phases of reading activities and also should effectively apply a range of techniques in teaching reading skill in order to develop the students reading ability in EFL classrooms. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/839 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | |
| dc.subject | EFL teachers’ practice of teaching reading skills | |
| dc.title | EFL Teachers’ Practice of Teaching Reading Skills: the Case of Grade 8 in Three Primary Schools of Gida Ayana Town | |
| dc.type | Thesis |