The Practice Of Teaching Speaking Skills Within The Framework Of Communicative Language Teaching Approach In Efl Classrooms The Case Study Of Three West Shoa Secondary Schools In Ethiopia

Abstract

The primary aim of this study is to gain valuable insights into the practice of teaching speaking skills within the framework of communicative language teaching approach in EFL Classroom: A Case study of three West Shoa secondary schools in Ethiopia, thereby suggesting alternative solutions to the problems. Thus, the study employed a descriptive survey design that includes quantitative and qualitative methods. Besides, questionnaires, interviews, classroom observations, and textbook analysis were used to collect the required information. Hence, classroom observation, Grade 12 English teachers, students of Ginchi, Ambo, and Guder secondary schools, and Grade 12 English textbook speaking sections were used as data sources. Accordingly, the sample size determination formula of Taro Yemane (1967) was followed for fixing the sample size for the study, which is calculated to be 360, at a 95% confidence level. For the questionnaire, 360 students were chosen from a total population of 3628 pupils using basic random selection procedures while all (36) English teacher participants were considered for processing the questionnaires. Besides, six English teachers and seven students from the target grade level were also interviewed. In addition, when teaching speaking courses, nine English teachers were observed four times. Moreover, a pilot study of the questionnaire was also carried out to assure whether respondents could respond to the questions and examine the reliability of the questions in the questionnaire. As a result, the Cron Batch Alpha Coefficient result was 0.83 for teachers and 0.79 for students. Both quantitative and qualitative analyses were made to answer the primary research questions of the study. Descriptive statistics (such as frequency distribution, percentage, and mean) were used to analyze quantitative data obtained through a questionnaire with the help of SPSS version 26. The qualitative data analysis method was used to analyze qualitative data gathered through semi-structured interviews, open-ended qu