An Analysis Of The Speaking Tasks Of English For Ethiopia Textbook Grade Nine In Focus

The main objective of the study was to analyze the speaking tasks of grade nine Englishrnfor Ethiopia students’ textbook that is currently in use with a major objective to lookingrninto whether the tasks in the textbook are designed in light of current theories ofrncommunicative tasks. In order to achieve this objective, the textbook and the syllabusrnhave been used as sources of data Using Nunan’s (1989) frame, out of the 55 speakingrnactivities 24 of them were analyzed in terms of goals, inputs, activities , roles andrnsetting. Besides, the tasks were analyzed to see whether they are motivating, authentic,rnand purposeful, and to see whether they reflect real world use of language, promote pairrnand group work and lastly whether they include pre, while and post stages of tasks.rnClassroom observation was the other tool used to see how the tasks are beingrnimplemented. In addition to these, in order to see the attitude of students and teachersrnabout the speaking tasks, Interview, questionnaire and classroom observation were alsornused as instruments in HidaseLideta Secondary and Preparatory school. The findingsrnshow that the goals of the tasks meet students’ need and interest. Contents which arernused as Inputs seem to be familiar to the students even though they lack authenticity.rnThe tasks are also purposeful; they promote pair and group work activities. Studentsrnplay more roles in the tasks compared to teachers. However the tasks do not fulfillrnstages of tasks. Based on the findings recommendations are forwarded.

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