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Title THE CORRELATION BETWEEN FEAMLES' LEVEL OF ASSERTIVENESS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN INTERACTIVE WORK IN EFL CLASSROOMS OF ADDIS ABABA HIGH SCHOOLS
Full text http://etd.aau.edu.et/dspace/handle/123456789/3754
Date 1997
Author(s) SEMUNESH, ABEBE
Contributor(s) Dr. Hailemichael Aberra
Abstract The main concern of this study was to find out the relationship between females' level of assertiveness and their verbal interaction in EFL classrooms. An attempt was also made to assess the influence of family educational and economic background on females' level of assertiveness and their verbal involvement. To these ends a standard assertiveness inventory, classroom observations, questionnaire and interview were used. The number of subjects was 144 (72 males and 72 females). They were randomly selected from three government and two private high schools in Addis Ababa. The research findings showed strong correlation between females level of assertiveness and their verbal interaction in EFL classrooms at a p-value of. 01 for long turns and turns in discussion. (r-.44 for long turns and .40 for turns in group discussion). Overall turns also showed significant relationship at a p-value of .01. (r-.35 for total turns). Despite their equality in assertiveness, male and female subjects showed great disparity in verbal interaction in both teacher-student and student -student interactions i.e. males surpass females in verbal out-put in EFL classrooms (p=.07 for assertiveness and .00 for verbal interactions). This study also pointed out that parents' social status had stronger influence on females' level of assertiveness and their verbal interaction than on males. Moreover, mothers' education and income was found to have positive influence on their children's personality development and verbal out-put. Fathers' income also indicated significant influence on their children's verbal production. On the basis of the present research results, the following recommendations are forwarded: Assertiveness training programme should be set in high schools and teacher training institutions. Guidance and counciling officers at high schols should take the responsibility to carry out the programme. Equal emphasis should be given to cognitive and non-cognitive variables; and further studies should focus on investifating the possible non-cognitive factors that impede language learning in our context.
Language en
Type of publication Thesis
Repository Addis Ababa - University of Addis Ababa
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