Feedback techniques employed by secondary level teachers in developing students' speaking skills

Abstract

The present study of Feedback Techniques Employed by Secondary Level Teachers in Developing Students' Speaking Skills was carried out to analyze the feedback technique used by Secondary School Teachers. This was a survey research. The population of the study included all the secondary level English teachers of community and institutional schools of Gulmi district. 30 teachers were selected through simple random sampling procedure. Close ended questions and observation checklist were the main tools that were used to collect the data. The data were analyzed and interpreted using statistical tools such as frequency and percentage. The findings of the present study demonstrate that the most of the secondary level English teachers were found using feedback in developing speaking skills. It was found that the facial expression, hints to the students, reformation, statements and questions, repeating were maximally used as feedback techniques for teaching speaking. Similarly immediate, oral and positive feedbacks, warm up in speaking were practiced in the classroom whereas negative feedback, recording mistakes, and punishment to students were less employed by the English teachers at secondary level. Likewise, insistence on reward to students, self- correction, feedback in mass, conduction of interviews in English and oral presentation were frequently used to motivate students in teaching speaking. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, 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 incorporates the review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of this study, design of the study, population sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation. Similarly, the fourth chapter encompasses analysis and interpretation of data. Moreover, the fifth chapter deals with findings, summary, conclusion and recommendations of the study. References and appendices are included in final section.