Attitudes To Gamogna Amharic And English Languages In Primary Schools In The Case Of Arba Minch Town

The main objective of this study was to assess the attitudes of Arba Minch primary schools’rnstudents and their parents, teachers, and school administrators toward the use of Gamogna,rnAmharic and English languages in the primary education system. It focused on this arearnbecause it provides an excellent opportunity to examine language attitudes in a multilingualrnsetting. The study was conducted in two state primary schools in Arba Minch town during thern2011/2012 academic year.rnIn this study, 200 students and 49 teachers completed self-reporting questionnaires and 40rnparents were also interviewed. In addition, focus group discussions were conducted with 7rnschool administrators. This study utilized questionnaires, interviews and focus grouprndiscussions to obtain data from the respondents. The data was analysed qualitatively andrnquantitatively. The findings indicate that Arba Minch town primary schools’ students,rnteachers, school administrators and parents had positive attitudes towards all three languagesrn(i.e. Gamogna, Amharic and English) but prioritised English, Amharic and Gamogna in thatrnorder.

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