Challenges of Teaching English as a Foreign Language in Primary Schools: The Case of Primary Schools in Oromiya National Regional State of Ethiopia

This research was aimed at investigating the challenges of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) in primary schools of the Oromiya National Regional State of Ethiopia. The study embraced four zones of the Regional State: Jimma, South West Showa, Ilu Abba Bor and Eastern Wollega. The participants of the study were teachers teaching English to the primary schools and their students. In order to collect data for the study, the researchers used questionnaire, focus group discussion and classroom observation. Comprehensive sampling was used to take the EFL teacher informants. Students who were involved in the FGD were taken purposively. In order to select the sample schools, the researchers used convenient sampling techniques. Mixed approach was used to analyse the data. Data from teachers