Oromo-Speaking Students' Attitude Tow ARDS Using Amharic at Higher Institutions: The Case of Addis Ababa and Jimma Universities

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2011-02

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Addis Ababa University

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This is a research paper conducted on the attitude of the Oromo speaking students towards Amharic language use in two universities. The study has been initiated by the fact th at the current Oromo spea king students are not proficient enough in Amharic to make their interaction with the universities' communities both in campuses and out side the campuses effective. Thus, the study has intended to assess the attitude that the students have developed toward Amharic lan guage during their stay in the campuses. Areas selected for the study were Ad dis Ababa University and Jimma Unive rsity. The unive rsities were selected by purposive methods. The sa mples of the study were selected from students of any department attending undergraduate regular classes. The selection of the departments was in random sampling method but for the samples from the departments, quota sampling method was applied. The quota sampling method for selection of samples was used for the purpose of including different demographic factors like age, sex, time duration in the university, areas where the students came from, and where they were brought up. The total numbers of the samples are 100 in which 50% from each university. The major data collecting tool from t he students were questionnaires. The result of the stud y shows that the Oromo speaking students have positive attitude towards Amharic and Amharic language use in university campuses.

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Oromo-Speaking Students, ARDS Using Amharic

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