Mebratu Mulatu Bachore
English Language Literacy Skills and Academic Achievement of Urban and Rural Secondary Schools: The Case of High and Low Achievers
Hawassa University
main objective study investigate relationship english language literacy skills academic achievement urban rural secondary schools study employed descriptive design subjects study 139 students 73 urban 66 rural selected seven secondary schools hawassa university technology village local district stratified random sampling technique data collected administering literacy skill test contains reading writing skill items ttest computed compare mean differences rural urban secondary school high low achievers english language literacy skill performances math xmlnshttpwwww3org1998mathmathml idm1 mipmi math value computed determine level significance obtained mean difference findings disclosed statistically significant mean difference urban secondary school high achievers test scores english language literacy 0003 lt 005 urban high achievers outperform likewise regarding subcomponents english literacy skills statistically significant mean difference 0006 lt 005 obtained urban rural high achievers favored urban ones hand study also confirmed statistically significant difference urban rural low achievers language literacy skill mean scores