The Conception of Teachers and Students Regarding Reading English: The Case of Grades 4 And 5 Students in Arada Sub City, Addis Ababa

Shewa, Hailemichael (2007) The Conception of Teachers and Students Regarding Reading English: The Case of Grades 4 And 5 Students in Arada Sub City, Addis Ababa. Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.

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Abstract

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.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	L Education > L Education (General)
Divisions:	Africana
Depositing User:	Kabiru Wallace Ndung'u
Date Deposited:	22 Aug 2019 09:41
Last Modified:	22 Aug 2019 09:41
URI:	http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/9480

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