Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to assess teachers’ and students' perception, practice and
challenges of using visual teaching aids in some selected secondary schools of Loma Bossa
woreda and would come up with possible findings to reduce or alleviate those challenges. Mixed
research approach was used with the assumption that it helps to obtain sufficient information
about assessing Teachers use of VTAs and challenges related to VTAs in secondary schools of
Loma Bosa Woreda Descriptive survey design was employed in this study. Secondary schools
were selected through simple random sampling technique by lottery method . Three secondary
schools were considered. Moreover, 15 EFL teachers and 261 students were taken as data
sources by using comprehensive sampling technique. The study revealed that less availability of
VTAs, teachers’ poor utilization of VTAs, lack of technical skills for application of VTAs use,
presence of ill-equipped VTAs centers; weaken facilitation of school leaders and lack of supply
of VTAs as challenges of teachers’ use of VTAs in secondary schools. These are; lack of
initiated teachers, lack of teachers professional skills, lack of committed school leaders, lack of
cooperation between pedagogic center representatives, presence of large class size, lack of
incentives for teachers and lack of woreda education office/government bodies attention. The
study recommended that teachers should prepare locally available VTAs and improve utilization
of VTAs to motivate students in EFL class. Woreda education office also should prepare
technical and refreshment training to be given to EFL teachers, pedagogic center
representatives and school leaders. Finally, cooperation from key stakeholders should increase
to fill the gaps mentioned above.
