EFL Teachers’ Practices and Implementations of Speaking Activities in Ethiopian English Textbooks

Table 1

Students’ response to how their EFL teachers implement English speaking activities.

No.	Item: EFL teachers	Frequency and %	Strongly agree (5)	Agree (4)	Undecided (3)	Disagree (2)	S/disagree (1)	Total	Mean
1.1	Make the instructions of the speaking activities clear	Fre		4	30	38		72	2.7
		%		5.55	41.66	52.79		100
1.2	Encourage students to practice the speaking activities	Fre		3	26	39	4	72	2.4
		%		4.1	36.25	54.1	5.55	100
1.3	Put pressure upon students to perform well in the speaking classroom	Fre		6	12	33	21	72	2.1
		%		8.33	16.67	45.8	29.2	100
1.4	Give equal chance to all students while presenting speaking activities	Fre		5	17	44	6	72	2.3
		%		6.9	23.67	61.1	8.33	100
1.5	Prefer to teach grammar and vocabulary to present speaking activities	Fre	27	39	4	2		72	4.3
		%	37.5	54.22	5.5	2.78		100
1.6	Motivate their learners while presenting the speaking activities	Fre		7	21	36	8	72	2.4
		%		9.7	29.2	50	11.1	100
1.7	Help the students when they face unclear activities in presenting speaking activities	Fre		11	23	31	7	72	2.5
		%		15.4	31.9	43	9.7	100
1.8	Provide sufficient time for discussion and presentation while presenting speaking activities	Fre		6	11	43	12	72	2.1
		%		8.3	15.3	59.7	16.7	100
Total mean									2.6