Mike MorganTekabe Legesse2019-02-062023-11-082019-02-062023-11-082010-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/16285Theintentionofthepaperistoassesstheappropriatenessandusageofphysicstermsingradesevenandeightstudents'physicstextbooks.Toachievethisobjective,arangeofdatagatheringtoolswereemployed.Bothqualitativeandquantitativedatawereconsidered.Textanalysiswasusedtocollecttermsinstudents'physicstextbooks.Questionnairesandinterviewswereutilizedtogatherinformationfromthepeoplethathavedirectcontactwiththeterms.Basedontheconceptoftermformationandfactsaboutconceptofterms,someprinciplesandguidelineswereadopted.Theguidelineswereusedasscreeningdevicestoappraiselinguisticandconceptualappropriatenessoftheterms.Theanalysesofthetermsrevealthattherearetermsthatareunnecessarilyborrowed,lackpotentialderivatives,orthographicallyinconsistent,lackmotivation,synonymous,illdefinedandnonequivalent.Presencesofstrangesoundconfiguration,conceptuallyambiguousterms,difficultyofunderstanding,lackofcooperationamongtermdevelopersandtermusers,mismatchbetweentermsandtheirrespectivesymbols,lackofdialectalcomprehensivenessaresomeofthechallengesidentifiedsofar.Nonetheless,thefindingindicatesthattermrelatedproblemshavelittleimpactonstudents'interesttowardsthesubject.Theresearchersuggeststherevisionoflinguisticandconceptualappropriatenessoftheterms,collaborativeeffortsamongvariousstakeholders,reexaminationofwaysofpresentationoftermsinthetextbooksandreconsiderationofmeansofminimizingtheimpactofterm-relatedproblemsonstudents'understanding.Englishusage of physicsterms ingrade seven and eightst udents'physics textbooksAnalysis of Appropriateness and us age of Physics terms in Grade Seven and Eight Students 'Physics Textbooks: Focus on OromoThesis