English Language Education

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    A Comparative Study of English Nepali and Magar Kinship Terms
    (Faculty of English Education, 2005) Rana, Karna Bahadur Maski
    The research work entitled ‘A Comparative Study of English Nepali and Magar Kinship Terms’ is a linguistic comparative study of English, Nepali and Magar kinship terms, which are used to refer to various kinship relations established by birth or marriage. The study comprises the linkage of five generations including the ego, the parents, the grandparents,children and grandchildren through male and female egos in the respective languages. The main objective of this research work is to compare and contrast the kinship terms of English, Nepali and Magar,and also find out the differences and similarities between the languages through componential analysis. The data was collected through face-to-face interview. The study helped to find out facts on what ‘kinship term and kinship relation’ is, in the linguistic studies in relation to particular speech community specifying the comparison of English, Nepali and Magar kinship terms rather than addressive terms. Although there are many differences between English, Nepali and Magar kinship terms, there are similarities too. Comparatively Nepali andMagar languages have more similarities than English and Nepali or Magarlanguages. The perspective of the study is to bring out some linguistic output to the current as well as forth generation this can surely prove to be a valuable asset for the intensive researchers. The thesis consists four chapters: Introduction, Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation, and Findings and Recommendations. The first chapter contains general background of the study, review of literature related to the perspective, objective of the study, its significance, consonant and vowel sounds of English and Magar languages and definition of different terms used in the thesis. The second chapter contains sources of data, research tools, process of data collection, and limitations of the study. The third chapter consists of analysis and interpretation of the data inappropriate tables and diagrams. The fourth chapter contains findings and recommendations of the study.
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    Teachers’ perception on the use of first language in ELT classes
    (2024) Limbu, Rupanjali; Sharma, Uma Nath
    This research work entitled ‘Teachers’ Perception on the use of First Language in ELT Classes’ has been carried out to find out the purpose to explore the teachers’ perception on the use of first language in ELT classes. The researcher used simple random sampling procedures to select thirty communities school level English language teachers from Laligurans Municipality of Tehrathum district. Five point Likert’s scale questionnaire were used to gather the teachers’ perceptions. The data collected from the respondents were analyzed and interpreted to meet the objectives of the study. It was found that the teachers identify their linguistic background of students. On the other hand, if students cannot express themselves in English however can express themselves in their First Language, it should be facilitated. Moreover, it was perceived that teaching become effective through the creation and collection of a wide range of educational materials, learning activities focus in group and pair work and to make the classroom environment inclusive. The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction. It 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 definitions of the key terms. Second chapter deals with the review of conceptual literature, review of empirical findings, review of related theory, implications of the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, third chapter includes the methods and procedures of the study. It consists of data collection tool and method, research site, participants, data collection procedures and data analysis procedures. The fourth chapter deals with the results and discussions of the collected data. Similarly, the collected data were described, analyzed and interpreted numerically and descriptively. Finally, the last chapter deals with the summary, conclusion and the implications of the study followed by references and appendix.