The Use Of Language Teaching Games And Activities In Ethiopian Government Elementary Schools

In this study an attemp t has been made to find out whetherrnor not the us e of l an~ua~e t eaching v,ames and activities i nrnEthiopian government element ary sch ools is more effective inrndevelopinr, communicative ab ility in speakinf, En gli sh by providingrnthe students an oppo rtunity t o us e the l an~uar.e e ffectively.rnOne hundred and thirty students were divided between anrne xperimental a nd contro l p.roup . An experiment was s e t usingrnthe teachin~ materials specially prepared. One set involved thernus e of games, the other set involved traditi onal exerc is esrnnormally used by pr imary classes in Ethiopia.rnAt th e end, a t es t wa s administered t o observe the outc omerno f the expe riment. Thus , any variation i n ach i evement betweenrnthe two groups observed during the test co ul d be att ribut ed tornth e use of games. In the scor es obtained the experimental grouprnachieved s i gn ific antly better results thab the control g r oup .rnOn th e basis of the findings, it was recommended thatrnlangu age teaching games and activities should be integrated intornthe present syllabus or a new syllabus developed

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