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    Textbook analysis of Lotus english reader grade VI
    (2016) Nyaupane, Laxmi; Anjana, Bhattarai
    ABSTRACT The research entitled Textbook Analysis of Lotus English Reader Grade-VI is an attempt to analyze the textbook in terms of its physical and academic aspects. The main objectives of my study are to analyze Lotus English Reader Grade-VI in terms of (i) Physical aspects (layout, lettering and spacing, binding and paper quality) and (ii) Academic aspects (content, presentation and organization, vocabulary and structure, exercises, functions and illustrations). To complete this study, the researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data collection. The primary sources of data were the 30 subject teachers who are teaching Lotus English Reader Grade-VI in different private schools of Kathmandu Valley. The teachers were selected by using non-random purposive sampling procedure. The main secondary source of data was the textbook itself. To obtain the data, a set of questionnaire was prepared after a detail study of the book for the teachers. This study was a descriptive research in nature in which collected data was analyzed and interpreted quantitatively .This research has been carried out on the basis of the theoretical framework mentioned by Ur. (1996), McDonough and Shaw (2003) and Grant (1987). This study was a descriptive research in nature in which collected data was analyzed and interpreted quantitatively. The collected data was tabulated and analyzed using a simple statistical tool, i.e. percentage. The findings of the study are based on the responses made by the teachers. The major findings are that the size of the textbook is appropriate but the cover page is not durable. The objectives of the textbook are not satisfactorily suitable to the present society's demand. Then, glossary, a very important part of a language textbook, is excluded that all teachers have negative response on it. The present thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter consists of introductory part. It deals with the background of the study followed by statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation's of the study and lastly, operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter of the study consists of review of both theoretical and empirical literature, implication of the review of the related literature and conceptual framework. The third chapter incorporates the methods and the procedures of the study. This chapter deals with design and methods of the study, population, sample and sampling procedures, field of the study, data collection tools and techniques and data interpretation and analysis. The fourth chapter is the second last chapter of the study, which contains analysis and interpretation of results. This chapter presents the collected data and the analysis of the collected data. This chapter is divided into two sections; the first section deals with the teachers' responses on close type of questions and second section deals with teachers' open responses on the qualities of the textbook. Lastly, the fifth chapter deals with the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the study. References and appendices have been given at the end.