An Enquiry into Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions on the Role of Grade 12 English Textbook in Enhancing the Strategic Competence Abilities of Students: The Case of Wolaita Sodo Secondary and Preparatory School

Abstract

The purpose of this study was an enquiry into teachers’ and students’ perceptions on the role of grade 12 English textbook in enhancing the strategic competence abilities of students: The case of Wolaita Sodo Secondary and Preparatory School. Descriptive Survey research design was employed for the current study. To collect the necessary data for the study, semi-structured interview for two teachers, questionnaire for sixty-five students and document analysis were employed. To analyze the collected data, qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis were employed. That is, data collected through questionnaire were analyzed employing statistical tools such as frequency and percentage using SPSS version 20, while responses obtained from interview were described and discussed. In addition, the data obtained from document analysis which were presented in tables and explained qualitatively to validate and triangulate the data obtained from interview and questionnaire. From the analysis of data, different findings were obtained. The study depicted that different communicative contents and activities that cultivate strategic competence abilities of students presented in Grade 12 English Textbook. The data collected from students via questionnaire show that most students were not interested in the communicative contents and activities that can enhance different communicative abilities of students. The data collected from teachers via semi-structured interview show that some of the communicative contents and activities that enhance students’ different communicative abilities need to be revised and organized in the way that help students. The result of content analysis also substantiated that some contents and activities need to be revised. Based on the findings, conclusions were drawn and recommendations were forwarded to improve the perceptions of teachers and students as well as to revise some contents of the textbook.

Keywords: Perceptions, Textbook, Strategic Competence and communicative Contents

DOI: 10.7176/JLLL/73-01

Publication date: November 30^th 2020