WOLKITE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES AN INVESTIGATION INTO EFL TEACHERS ' PRACTICE IN TEACHING GRAMMAR TASKS :THE CASE OF TWO SELECTED PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS AT MEDA WEREMO WOREDA IN FOCUS

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate whether EFL teachers' practice in teaching grammar tasks are relevant or not in the case of two selected public secondary schools at Meda Woremo Woreda grade eleven in focused in line with various grammar teaching techniques and methods. The teachers 'practice in methods and techniques of teaching grammar task in secondary school at grade eleven is relatively unexplored .This research paper throws light on the actual practice and techniques used in teaching grammar task with reference to grade eleven students of two selected public secondary schools.In order to address the study problems, adescribtive research design was used.Both qualitative and quantitative approaches were employed in the study.Data forthe study were collected through class room observation,students’questionaire, teachers’ questionaire and teachers’ interview. Regarding to sampling technique,simple random sampling technique was employed to select 90 grade eleven students and comprehensive sampling technique was employed to select 18 English teachers of Ediget behibiret and Model service general secondary Schools.Class room observations were used to observe the teachers' actual class room practice and the components of tasks to be considered in teaching grammar to compared between what has been stated in students questionnaire and techniques which are used by the teachers in the actual class room practice .The finding of the study revealed that the teachers practice and techniques which are followed to teach grammar task are out dated methods .Moreover ,teachers did not use various techniques like pair work ,group work ,dialogue ,narration and both deductive as Well as inductive. Based on the finding of observation most of the teachers did not state the learning objectives during grammar teaching. Finally,recommendations were forwarded based on the major findings of the study inorder to improve teachers ’practice in teaching English grammar language skill.