An Exploration Of Views Of Students And Teachers Towards Competence Of Speaking Skills Of Students In Two Selected Government Preparatory Schools In Gurage Zone Grade Eleven In Focus By
Teaching English As Foreign Language Project Topics
This study was intended to explore the view of students and teachers towards competence ofrnspeaking skills of students in related to Plasma TV lesson.rnThe study was conducted on two government preparatory high schools in Gurage Zone, inrnEmdibir and Agena. 200 Grade 11 students and 8 English teachers from these schools wererninvolved in the study.rnThe required data for the study was collected using questionnaire, interview and classroomrnobservation. The responses were analyzed through descriptive analysis using frequency andrnpercentage .The result revealed that there are problems related to the students' background,rnclassroom interaction, role implementation, and shortage of time.rnStudents have developed negative attitude towards learning speaking skill though Plasma TVrnbecause of shortage of time to perform the given task, and the televised teacher's language. Onrnthe other hand, classroom teachers have developed positive attitude towards teaching speakingrnskill through Plasma TVrnInaccessibility of materials such as text book, different authentic materials and audio- visual aidsrnwere also the mentioned problems. The Speaking activities in the text were inappropriate to thernstudents to learn speaking skills. Besides, lack of frequent motivation from the classroom teacher,rnclassroom practice and large class size aggravated the problems encountered in teaching andrnlearning speaking skills through Plasma TVrnBased on these findings, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were suggested.