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- Title
The Impact of Remedial Training on EFL Teachers' Interest, Proficiency and Classroom Performance: the Case of School in Sidama Zone, Ethiopia.
- Authors
Mulatu, Mebratu; Mandefro, Eshetu; Abebe, Tesfaye; Yona, Yohannes
- Abstract
The main objective of the study was to assess the interest, performances and activities of EFL teachers and students of Sidama Zone schools after having additional training before a year. 40 EFL teachers (20 from primary and 20 from secondary), 10 students and 10 school principals (5 from each level) were selected using simple random sampling techniques from the five districts of the area. Three tools: questionnaire, interview and observation were used to gather data. The findings of the study disclosed that there was significant progress in the interest of the teachers to teach and students to learn English in comparison to the not trained EFL teachers. But, there was no change on the performance of the learners and the teachers which might be associated to the limited period since the training. Furthermore, trained EFL teachers were performing special activities to improve the learners' ability of English as compared to the not trained ones who were engaged in the regular activities. The findings also disclosed that there is unwise use and scarcity of resources to support the English language improvement activities. Thus, the findings need collaborative effort to bring further improvements in the learners' ability of English language as it is the medium of instruction second cycle primary and secondary level.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; TRAINING of English teachers; ENGLISH language education in primary schools; ENGLISH language education in secondary schools; ENGLISH language ability testing
- Publication
Language in India, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 4, p118
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article