Students’ perception on in english language learning

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The present research work entitled ‘Students’ Perception on Homework in English Language Learning’ was an attempt to explore the secondary level students’ perceptions to identify students perception on homework provided them by the teachers and to find out whether the work assigned to be done at home encourages their creativity or becomes academic burden to them and to find out the practices of homework in English Language Learning at Shree Saraswati Secondary School Purbichau R.M, 04 Doti. Survey research design mixed method was followed to complete this study. The respondents for this research were selected by using random sampling procedure. The primary data were collected from forty students of class ten and two English teachers of Shree Sawaswati Secondary school. A set of questionnaires containing both close-ended and open-ended questions was the main tool for data collection. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted by using simple statistical tools using tables, percentages and interpreted descriptively. The major finding of this study was students’ perception towards homework and developing their language skills was positive. Homework helped to develop writing skills by improving students' skills on vocabulary use, sentence formation and organization. Likewise, the practices of homework in English language learning in the context of Shree Saraswati Secondary School purbichauki, R.M 04 Doti has been continued by following the Homework pattern as it is in the textbook along with the specific homework moods like: group work, project work and so on . This study contains five chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the study, statement of the problem , objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The chapter two comprises review of the theoretical and empirical literature, implication of the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, chapter three consists design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategies, research tools, sources of data, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedure, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical consideration. Chapter four includes analysis of data and interpretation of the results. Similarly, the fifth chapter focuses on conclusions and recommendations of the study. Finally, the references and appendices have been included in the last part of the study for the validation of the research.