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Item Effectiveness of Story Telling Technique for Developing Speaking Skill of the Ninth Graders(Department of English Education, 2016) Shrestha, KalpanaThe present thesis entitled 'Effectiveness of Storytelling Technique in Developing Speaking Skill of the Ninth Graders' aims at finding out effectiveness of telling different stories such as fable, fairy tale, folk tale, personal story, religious story, traditional story and so on as a teaching material in developing speaking comprehension. The researcher herself was involved in the experimental teaching for the purpose of carrying out the research. The test items were developed for the collection of data. The researcher collected data form the sampled population of sixty students of grade nine of a government-aided school. The total students were given a pre-test in order to test their speaking ability. On the basis of the pre- test result, the students were divided into two groups based on odd and even ranking of their individual scores. Both the groups were taught for about a month keeping in different class. Apart from the textbook Group A was taught with different stories whereas Group B was taught the materials from the textbook of grade IX. Then the result of the two groups were compared to find out the effectiveness of storytelling technique in teaching speaking comprehension. It was found that different stories as a teaching material has relatively a better impact in teaching speaking comprehension. The present thesis has been divided into five chapters. Chapter one is an introduction to the research. It includes the general background, statements of the problems, objectives of the study, research question, and significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Chapter two includes the review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implication of the related review and conceptual framework. Chapter three includes the methodology adopted to carry out the research. In other words, it includes design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedure, data collection tools, data collection procedures. Chapter four consists of an analysis and interpretation of the data and summary of the findings. Chapter five consists of the conclusion of the study and recommendation for further research.Item English as a Medium of Instruction in Public Schools: Practices and Perceptions of Teachers and Students(Department of English Education, 2018) Shrestha, KalpanaThe present study entitled English as a Medium of Instruction in Public Schools: Practices and Perceptions of Teachers and Students is an effort to analyze the perceptions of teachers and students regarding the use of English as a Medium Instruction (EMI) and to explore the classroom practices of using English as a medium of instruction at basic level and secondary level in public schools of Sindhupalchok district. Purposive sampling procedure was used as sampling procedure in which ten students and thirty basic level and secondary level teachers of public schools, teaching content subjects except English and Nepali were selected as respondents of the study.A questionnaire containing open-ended and close-ended, eight classroom observations and two focus group discussions (FGDs) were used as the tools to collect data. The data was analyzed and interpreted descriptively and statistically. The study reveals that most of the teachers and students are positive toward the implementation of EMI in public school as well as it shows that English and Nepali are used as the medium of instruction rather than monolingual English language at basic level and secondary level classrooms. In the study, most of the participants said that English is necessary because of great demand of parents and students in public schools. It is found that there is the gap between policy and practice of EMI in the classrooms because there is the name EMI in classroom teaching but teachers and students are compelled to use bilingual approach (Nepali and English). It is recommended that teachers are required to get training, English speaking zones should be created and more exposure should be provided for the effective implementation of EMI. This study contains five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definitions of key terms. The second chapter comprises review of the related theoretical and empirical studies, implications of the studies and conceptual framework. Likewise, third chapter consists of design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategies, , source of data, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedure, data analysis procedures and ethical consideration. The fourth chapter includes analysis of data and interpretation of results where data have been analyzed in terms of perceptions of teachers and students towards implementation of EMI and practices of EMI at basic and secondary level. Similarly, the fifth chapter incorporates findings, conclusions and recommendations based on analysis and interpretation of the data. The references and appendices have been included in the last part of the thesis.