English Language Education

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    Challenges and Practices of Implementing English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in the Community Schools
    (Department of English Education, 2023) Rai, Nisha
    This study entitled Challenges and Practices of Implementing English as a Medium of Instruction (EMI) in a Community Schools aimed at exploring the practices of implementing English as a medium of instruction and the challenges faced while implementing English as a medium of instruction in community schools. I used purposive non-random sampling procedure to select sample, which were 30 secondary level teachers teaching through EMI in different schools of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts. I used questionnaire as the major tool of the research. The collected data were presented in tables, pie-charts and columns; and analyzed and discussed quantitatively and qualitatively. The main findings of the study showed that in the majority of the schools, EMI has been recently implemented. Similarly, in most of the schools, all the subjects except language and social subjects were taught through EMI and a majority of the teachers were found to teach their subjects in English. Generally, EMI has been implemented in the Basic Level and parent's demand was the central cause of implementing EMI in community schools. On the other hand, it was found that English language has not been frequently used by most of the teachers and all the students were not found to be able to take exam in English medium. It was found that several challenges related to the educational system, school administration, teachers, parents and students were found to occur in implementing English as medium of instruction in community schools. It was found difficult to manage subject-wise teachers, to address EMI created problems in linguistic and cultural diversity, implementation of EMI created difficulties in protecting and promoting mother tongues and local culture and there was no feasibility of implementing EMI in all subjects. Similarly, there was difficult to manage routine for Nepali as medium of instruction and EMI and to fulfill subject-wise teachers for EMI at the same time and it was difficult to interact, discuss and write the contents in English fluently and motivate the students towards the contents. Almost all the teachers felt EMI as a burden to the parents to afford fees to their children's study through EMI. Similarly, the students had many challenges such as low proficiency in English language, less motivation to the contents, confusing ideas in the subject matter. The thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter. It includes background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of study, vii research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter deals with theoretical and conceptual framework of the study. The third chapter deals with methodology which incorporates research design and method, population, sample and sampling strategies, field/site of the study, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedure. The fourth chapter deals with rigorous analysis of data and interpretation of results. The fifth chapter presents summary of findings, conclusions and recommendations based on this research. Nisha Rai
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    Large Mixed ELT Classes and The Challenges Faced by Teachers
    (Department of English Education, 2015) Bhandari, Purna Bahadur
    The present study entitled “Large Mixed ELT Classes and the Challenges Faced by Teachers” was an attempt to identify the existing teaching situation of large ELT classes and the challenges in managing those classes in terms of physical and pedagogical aspects. The main objective of this study was to find out the present teaching situation of large ELT classes and the challenges for managing classroom effectively in terms of physical aspects and pedagogical aspects. To achieve the objectives, classroom observation and questionnaire were used as the tools for data collection. The data were collected from the twelve secondary English teachers of Nawalparasi district. The samples were selected using non-random purposive sampling procedures. The collected data were analyzed descriptively and statistically. The findings show that the classroom management was not satisfactory. Teachers were not found to havebeen using effective classroom management techniques such as focusing child centred learning method, using post method pedagogy in the classroom,maximizing interaction, collaboration, assignments and correction, individual treatments, pair and group works to create the favourable environment for the large ELT classroom. Inadequate physical facilities, excessive use of mother tongue, failure to use the post method pedagogy in their presentation, less focus to child centred learning methods, least interaction, collaboration, feedback,assignment and correction, disruptive and emotional students were found to be the common problems. It was also found that the training and induction that the teachers had received was not sufficient to implement in the context of their schools. Similarly, even the trained experienced teachers were found neglecting using child friendly teaching approaches and techniques. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the general background, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter contains theoretical and empirical review of literature, implication of the review for the study and x conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of the study which includes the design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedures, data collection tools and data collection procedures. The fourth chapter consists of the results and discussion of the collected data. The fifth chapter deals with the summary, conclusion and some pedagogical implications based on the analysis and interpretation of collected data. References and appendixes are attached at the end.
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    Mixing of english codes in Bhojpuri speaking
    (2013) Thakur, Dipendra; Madhu Neupane
    The present study entitled' Mixing of English Codesin Bhojpuri Public Speaking' attempts to find out the frequency of English words used in the Bhojpuri public speech, to find out reason of mixing of English codes and to explore sex-wise and topic-wisetr end of mixing English words. For this,researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary data was elicited from Bhojpuri speakers selected using the judgmental sampling procedure. Observation schedule and tape recorder were used as research tools to elicit the required data. The major finding of this studyis that words level codes mixing are found more frequently in Bhojpuri public speech. Regarding the use of English word classes, nouns and verbs were found very high in comparison to adjectives and adverbs. Theuseof English codes in constitutional topics were greater than the other topics like Youth Employment, Martyrs, Human Rights, health, Films, NRCS, Education andDowry System.Theratio of mixing English words by the male speakers was greater than the ratio of the female speakers. The thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter introduces the study in terms of general background, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology adopted for the study. Likewise, the third chapter presents analysis and interpretation of the collected data. The fourth chapter discusses the findings and pedagogical implications deciphered from the study.
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