Motivation and challenges of Magar students in learning English language

Abstract

The thesis entitled Motivation and Challenges of Magar Students in Learning English Language aimed at finding out the factors that motivated Magar students to learn English language and to explore the challenges faced by Magar students in learning English language. The narrative inquiry was used as a research design. The data were collected by using in-depth interview. Similarly, the sample population of the study included five Magar learners of English language from Nawalpur District. The sample population of the study was selected by using simple non-random sampling procedures. The collected data from the respondents were analyzed thematically in order to draw the conclusions and findings. The learners were found having different kinds of motivations. The learners were intrinsically and extrinsically motivated to learn the language. The major motivations of the learners were: personal growth,for entertainment, abroad study, better job opportunities in foreign country like the USA, Canada, Australia, Norway and within country. On the other hand, they faced several challenges such as unqualified teacher, strong students' domination to weak students, inhibition, mother tongue interference, lack of exposure of English, problems with teaching methods. Additionally, the study found out that the learners were using different techniques to overcome the challenges such as using internet and watching English videos. This research works consists of the five chapters. The first chapter is introduction which incorporates background of the study, statement of the problems, rationale of the study, objectives of the study, the research questions, delimitations, implications of the Review for the Study and conceptual framework of the study and the definition of the key terms. In the same way, the second chapter includes review of related literature and empirical literature review. Likewise, the third chapter includes the procedure of the study and the fourth one includes the analysis and interpretation of the data and interpretation of results as well. In the same way, the fifth chapter includes the conclusion and recommendations of the study. Finally, the thesis also includes the references and appendices at the end of this work.