Exploring warming up activities used by secondary level English teachers in Kawaswoti Municipality

Abstract

This is a research entitled Exploring warming up activities used by secondary level English teacher in Nawalparasi district (East). The main objective of the study was to explore the warm up strategies designed and used by secondary level English teachers while teaching English in Nawalparsi District (East). This study was based on survey research design. A set of questionnaire and classroom observation were used as the data collection tools. Questionnaire i.e. (Both close ended and open ended) served as the main tools for data collection. All together sixty English teachers were selected using convenience sampling method. To fulfill the objectives of the study I used both the primary and secondary sources of data. It was found that teachers used various techniques while warming up the students in English class namely : getting attention, presentation of tasks, previous feedback, scolding the students, showing interest in his students, encouraging participants, using body language, used gesture, using student centered approaches, made the voice commanding and pair work or group work. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is introduction which consists of 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 included review of related literature and conceptual framework that consists of review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter deal with methods and procedures of the study which covers design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools and techniques, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. Likewise, the fourth chapter included the analysis and interpretation of the data. Furthermore, fifth chapter includes findings, conclusion and recommendations. Finally, the references and the appendices, which are necessary for the validation of the research, have also presented.