Assessing Efl Teachers’ Practice of Tbi And Students’ Level Of Engagement on Tbll At Wachemo Secondary School Grade 11 In Focus

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess the teachers’ practice of TBLT and the students’ level of engagement of TBLL, and to identify its major challenges that may hinder the implementation of TBLT and TBLL in EFL classroom at Wachemo Secondary School. 122 grade 11 students and 12 English teachers were selected from Wachemo Secondary School through a random sampling and purposive sampling methods respectively. To collect necessary data the researcher applied three data gathering tools like questionnaires, classroom observation and interview for teachers and students. The researcher utilized mixed research design to conduct the research. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used to create data. The above revealed tools were analyzed using numerically (percentage) and thematically, and presented in qualitative form. The results of the study show that the implementation of TBLT/L was given little attention by the teachers and students. Also, among many factors teachers and students faced during practice and engagement of TBLT/L were the teachers’ tendency to employ the traditional method and lack of training, lack of exposure, fear of making mistakes/errors, lack of language resource and the educational background of the students.