Teachers’ Strategies for and Used in Teaching Speaking

Abstract

The study entitled Teachers' Strategies for and Used in Teaching Speaking aimed to find out the perception of the teachers on the strategies for teaching speaking and to explore the strategies that the teachers used in teaching speaking. In order to fulfill the objectives of this study, twenty teachers from Saptari District were selected as the sample through the use of simple random sampling procedure. A set of questionnaire and observation checklist were the research tools for eliciting the required information for the study. The collected data from the respondents were analyzed descriptively with the help of simple statistical tools like percentile and frequency. The findings of the study showed that the teachers used the strategies like role play, storytelling, discussion, picture description and narrating while teaching speaking more frequently for developing students' speaking abilities. Similarly, teachers perceived that (i.e 55%) strategies make the teaching speaking easier. The study has been divided into the five main chapters. Chapter first deals with introduction. It consists of general background, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter is about the review of related literature. It consists of the review of theoretical literature, empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter includes the methods and procedures of the study. It consists of the design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedures, tools for data collection, data collection procedures and the data analysis and interpretation procedures. Chapter for incorporates analysis and interpretation of data. The final chapter presents conclusions and implications of the study at different level. The study ends with the list of references and an appendix.