Present elt situation of public schools in Nawalparasi District

Abstract

ABSTRACT

The present research study entitled Present ELT Situation of the Public Schools in Nawalparasi district aimed to explore the present English language teaching situation of the public schools in Nawalparasi district. To meet the objectives of this research, I purposively selected eight different public schools from Nawalparasi district. From those schools I selected eight teachers who have been teaching English at secondary level using non-random sampling procedure. Similarly, I selected 32 students from the selected eight schools using same procedure. The responses that the teachers and students provided were used as the primary data. So, questionnaire was used as a tool for data collection. The responses given by the teachers and students on different selected aspects or areas of ELT were analysed and interpreted.This study has found positive aspects of present ELT situation of public schools in Nawalparasi district such as English as a medium of instruction,proper management of English class, trained teachers, motivation of the teachers and students towards teaching and learning English, formation of rules and regulation for the students. It also discovered challenges as well such as overcrowded large class, mixed ability class use of the Nepali language in English class, by the students, minimum use of teaching materials by the teachers, lack of teaching materials in schools, normal physical facilities of the schools. This research has identified five positive aspects of ELT and six negative aspects i.e. challenges. Thus, present ELT situation of public schools in Nawalparasi district is not satisfactory. This thesis has been organized into 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 the operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter includes the review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter covers all the areas of methodology. Likewise, the fourth chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of results. The fifth chapter includes conclusion and recommendations.