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    Cooperative learning strategy : Its effectiveness in English language teaching
    (2013) Chaudhary, Bharat; Indra Prasad Sapkota
    The purpose of this study was to find out the effectiveness of using cooperative learning strategy at higher secondary level. I selected Shree Dev Chuli Higher Secondary School and Laxmi H.S. School of Nawalparasi district for this study. I selected thirty informants (teachers) from the selected schools using stratified random sampling procedure. I used a set of questionnaire consisting of closed-ended and open-ended questions in order to collect the required information from the respondents to meet the objectives of the study. Most of the closed-ended questions were answered on a five point Like rt scale ranging from ‘Strongly Agree’, ‘Agree’, ‘Uncertain’, ‘Disagree’ and ‘Strongly Disagree’; while open ended questions required teachers’ brief reasons to support their answer of closed-ended questions. I then carried out a field study for the collection of data. The data collected from the informants were analyzed and interpreted to find out the teachers’ attitudes towards teaching English at the Primary Level. The major findings of my study are: English is the most demanding and most widely used language in the world. So it should be taught lively by using group works applying cooperative learning strategy at the higher secondary level. Similarly teachers want English language as a medium of instruction in teaching English at higher secondary level. They use students’ mother tongue only if it is necessary. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter introduces the study in terms of general background, objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with review of the related literature, the third chapter deals with the methodology adopted to carry out there search work. It consists of sources of data, sampling procedures, tools for data collection; process of data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter four presents the analysis and interpretation of the data towards various variables. While analyzing the data, the total number of students for each response has been counted and numbers have been changed into percentage. Open-ended questions have been analyzed descriptively and analytically. The last chapter deals with the findings and recommendations of the study including some pedagogical implications.