The Role of Written Literary Texts in Developing Grade Ten Students’ English Reading Skills at Daero-Hafash Secondary School.
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2024-08
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this experimental study was to evaluate the role of the literary texts of grade ten students in developing English reading skill. Two classes of students have been sampled from the total numbers 262 grade ten students in five sections. The students were assigned in to two groups, the experimental group and the control group. The data instruments method were tests, classroom observation and questionnaire. Besides both quantitative and qualitative data analysis approach was used. The findings also drew the teachers' and curriculum developers' and course designers' to give more attention literary texts have vital role in developing student’ reading skill Both groups were administered an identical pre-test which showed uniformity in the results with very little variation - a fact that was to be obvious to decide to use literary texts or non-literary texts for the development of reading skill. A literary text on the skills of reading development was designed for the experimental group and non-literary courses were designed for the control group. The experimental group was taught reading through the selected materials for about three months. In this study, tasks were designed for the students based on the literary texts they were taught which provided ample opportunities for developing and practicing reading skills. At the end of the course, they were given a post-test in accordance with the course material selected for their reading skills development. The result suggested that literary texts looked good for the experimental group and therefore it fared far better than the control group. Moreover, the researcher forwarded some recommendations for teachers and students to use literary text during teaching and learning process.
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English reading skill