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

Table 3

Students’ responses about the activity types that are used by EFL teachers while teaching speaking skills.

No.	Items	Frequency and %	Always (5)	Usually (4)	Sometimes (3)	Rarely (2)	Never (1)	Total	Mean
1	Discussion	Fre	4	8	17	33	10	72	2.4
		%	5.55	11.11	23.61	45.8	13.89	100
2	Role play	Fre		4	13	42	13	72	2.1
		%		5.55	18.05	58.33	18.05	100
3	Simulations	Fre					72	0	0
		%					100	0%
4	Information gap	Fre		11	21	27	13	72	2.4
		%		15.27	29.16	37.5	18.05	100
5	Brainstorming	Fre	3	8	13	32	16	72	2.3
		%	4.16	11.11	18.05	44.44	22.22	100
6	Storytelling	Fre	2	16	21	33		72	2.8
		%	2.78	22.22	29.16	45.83		100
7	Interview	Fre		3	11	37	21	72	1.9
		%		4.16	15.27	51.38	29.16	100
8	Story completion	Fre	6	12	15	31	8	72	2.6
		%	8.33	16.67	20.83	43.05	11.11	100
9	Picture narrating	Fre						0	0
		%						0%
10	Picture describing	Fre	5	11	13	39	4	72	2.7
		%	6.94	15.27	18.05	54.16	5.56	100
11	Finding the difference	Fre						0	0
		%						0%
12	Language game	Fre	2	7	18	45		72	2.5
		%	2.78	9.72	25	62.5		100
Total mean		Fre	3.71	8.18	16.25	38.08	10.67	72	2.3
		%	5.15	11.32	22.45	50.89	14.6	100