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PASAA

Publication Date

2018-01-01

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes of content subject teachers and their freshman students towards the use of a local language in English-medium content subjects given at Bahir Dar University (BDU), Ethiopia. This study examined whether attitudes towards the use of a local language in English-medium content subjects could be affected by demographic factors like first language background and gender. The participants of the study were content subject teachers and freshman students in three faculties at BDU. Data were collected through questionnaires distributed to both groups of participants. The findings show that both the content subject teachers and their freshman students had favorable attitudes towards the use of Amharic, a local language of wider communication, in the English-medium content subject classroom. Moreover, the results indicate that the attitudes of the students towards the use of Amharic in the classroom were not affected by first language background or gender. Based on the findings, it was concluded that content subject teachers or their students should not feel restrained by using Amharic judiciously as long as Amharic helps them to deliver or understand content. Finally, recommendations are made for further research in the area.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.PASAA.55.1.3

First Page

57

Last Page

77

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