The Practice Of Teaching The Listening Skill At Gondar Town Primary Schools The Case Of Grade 8

This study was conducted to look into how listening lessons are taught and how thernlistening sub-skills are treated in grade 8 at Gondar town.rnClass room observation, questionnaire and content analysis of the text book using thernlistening lessons were used as data collecting tools. Eight teachers were observed, each 3rntimes, using a checklist. All (30) grade eight English teachers, who were teaching in thern19 schools filled in the questionnaire. The 31 listening lessons in the text book and thernteachers guide were also inspected. The data gathered using these tools wasrnquantitatively analyzed using frequencies and percentages.rnThe analyzed data showed that even though the teachers gave room to listening lessons,rnthey failed to manage the listening lessons using the appropriate pedagogical proceduresrni.e. they did not employ the pre, while and post listening stages or activities and only veryrnfew listening sub-skills were practiced. More over the listening tasks were not designed inrnsuch a way that students can practice the various sub-skills.rnFinally, it was recommended that practical in-service trainings on how to teach listeningrnskill should be given to the teachers and the procedures employed to teach the listeningrnskill need to be included in the teacher’s guide.

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