The Conception of Teachers and Students Regarding Reading English: The Case of Grades 4 and 5 Students In Arada Sub City, Addis Ababa
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2007-06
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Addis Ababa Univerisity
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This study was conducted to investi~ate "the" Cdn"cepti6ri bf leacners " " "
and Students Regarding Reading English: the Case of Grades 4 and 5
students in some Selected Primary Schools in Arada Sub city, Addis
Ababa. The schools were selected purposefully so as to include
samples from various types of schools, and the study included one
church school, one private school, one public school and one
government school. The subjects of the study were the sample
school's. Grades 4 and 5 students, their English teachers, and the four
sample schools' directors. Regarding data gathering techniques,
schedules were used to collect data from students, questionnaire to
collect data from teachers, and interview was used to collect data from
directors. All the tools for data collection were prepared in Amharic to
avoid language barriers and to facilitate communication.
The objectives of the study were to assess the students' reading skills
development in some selected primary schools in Arada Sub city. To
achieve this objectives the researcher developed basic questions
concern ing the factors that possibly affect students' reading skills
development .
The researcher, therefore, assessed the possible causes of poor
reading and the possible solutions to reading skills problems. To
investigate these issues, descriptive survey method was used. This
method was chosen because the method helps to describe the status
of the existing phenomena at a point of time. ' Hence, the researcher
found out that students were rated as very good at reading and
understanding English texts.
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