English Language Education

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A Comparative Study of Pronoun Between English and Bantawa
(Faculty of English Education, 2013) Rai, Surya Bikram
This thesis entitled A Comparative Study of Pronoun Between English and Bantawa has been attempted to identify and compare the types of pronouns used in English and Bantawa. It includes the different types of pronoun in both languages. It consists of the pronouns used by Bantawa native speaking speakers in context in both English and Bantawa language. In order to carry out the research the researcher sampled thirty Bantawa native speaker students in both languages through purposive sampling procedure using questionnaire and observation check list as research tool. On the basis of collected data, the comparison between English and Bantawa was done using simple statistical tools such as frequency and percentage. The major findings of the study show that Bantawa native speakers commit error in reflexive pronoun of English language while learning English pronoun and some pronouns of English have one to one correspondence with Bantawa and some have no one to one correspondence. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter contains general background, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter contains source of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitation of the study. The third chapter includes other analysis and interpretation of data and the fourth chapter contains findings and recommendation of the study. In the final section of the study references and the appendices are included.
Content Validity of Test Papers: A Case of Sla
(Faculty of English Education, 2013) Nembang, Raj Kumar
This research entitled 'Content Validity of Test Papers: A Case of SLA' was carried out to measure the content validity of question papers of Second Language Acquisition at M.Ed. first year. For this purpose, the researcher used question papers of SLA administered in T.U. in the annual examination from 2066 to 2068 B.S. at M.Ed. first year as the secondary sources of data. He analyzed the question papers in terms of content coverage. The major finding of the study was that the SLA test papers during the period of three years had low content validity in terms of content coverage. This study consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background, review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. Similarly, the second chapter deals with methodology adopted during the period of research study which consists of the sources of data, process of data collection and limitations of the study. Likewise, the third chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of data. Finally, the fourth chapter deals with findings, recommendations and pedagogical implications of the study. In the final section of the study references and appendices are included.
Effectiveness of Flashcards in Teaching Content Words
(Faculty of English Education, 2012) Rimal, Punya Prasad
This research entitled The Effectiveness of Flashcards in Teaching Content Words is an attempt to find out the effectiveness of flashcards in teaching content words at higher secondary level students. The research study was carried out mostly using primary sources of data. After the study and analysis of the data, it was found that majority of the students showed a long lasting memory power and quick retrieval of the vocabulary items along with their meaning, spelling, pronunciation, and their use. It was also found that the students who were taught the same number and size of vocabulary items without using flashcards lagged far behind to retrieve the items, not to talk about other aspects. The thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter of the study deals with the general background, the English language teaching in Nepal, introduction to the vocabulary, various strategies of teaching vocabulary items, the techniques of preparing and using flashcards in the classrooms. Similarly this chapter also includes the literature review, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology used in data collection for the study i.e. the sources of data, sample population, sampling procedure, tools for data collection, and data collection procedures. The third chapter is the analysis and interpretation of data, which is the main part of the study. The last chapter encompasses the findings and recommendations followed by references and appendices.
Effectiveness of Pre-Questions in Teaching Reading Texts: A Case of Grade VIII Students
(Faculty of English Education, 2012) Rai, Deu Prakash
This thesis entitled Effectiveness of Pre-questions in Teaching Reading Texts: A Case of Grade Eight Students was an attempt to find out the effectiveness of pre questions in teaching reading texts in grade eight and to provide pedagogical suggestions in teaching reading texts. To fulfill these objectives, I used both primary and secondary sources of data. I conducted an orientation class for two days (i.e., two periods) and collected the required data from B.B. memorial English Secondary School Class Eight as the primary source of data. I selected 30 students by administering a proficiency pre test. After that the students were ranked from the first position to the 30th position on the basis of the result of the proficiency pre test. Then the students with odd-numbered positions were grouped under Treatment Group and those with even-numbered positions were grouped under Controlled Group. Thus, the two groups, each comprising 15 students, were formed attempting best to maintain homogeneity in proficiency. I taught each group 20 periods and every period I gave a class test to both groups Comprehension was assumed to be reflected on the four 'components of comprehension', namely, objective question answers, short answers, description writing and summary writing-all text-based. The pre and post questions were designed with this assumption in mind. I used the pre-questions for Treatment Group but I did not use them for Controlled Group. I collected all answer papers and scored them out. As the secondary sources I used different books and journals which were already collected and prepared by other writers, resources, organizations. They mainly include books in the field of ELT by nationally and internationally recognized authors, Lower Secondary English Curriculum, English Language Teaching training manual etc. The collected raw data were minutely analyzed using the simple statistical tools sketches, percentage, mean etc. I found that the use of pre-questions was effective in teaching reading texts for comprehension. This study consists of four chapters: introduction, methodology, analysis and interpretation and findings and recommendations. The first chapter (introduction) deals with the general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter introduces methodology, which consists of sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure¸ tools of data collection, process of data collection, and limitations of the study. The third chapter (analysis and interpretation) includes the raw data and its analysis using tables, charts, diagrams etc. The fourth chapter deals with findings and recommendations of the study.
English Language Teachers' Perceptions Towards Professionalism
(Department of English Education, 2013) Baral, Gyanu
The thesis entitled 'English Language Teachers' Perceptions Towards Professionalism' was an attempt to explore various beliefs of English language teachers about English, learners, learning, teaching and the teachers themselves. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used in this study. For primary sources of data, ten secondary level English teachers were purposively selected from Ilam district as the sample and they were interviewed using an interview schedule and then a set of questionnaire was distributed to them to explore their beliefs. Then, the data collected were analyzed and interpreted descriptively. After the analysis, it was found that a majority of the teachers believed that English is an important language and learning is an interactive process for which learners need to be motivated, enthusiastic and need sufficient amount of exposure to learning. They further believed that for effective learning and teaching English learners' linguistic and cultural background should be taken into consideration. Moreover, they did not believe that learning and teaching English should not be confined only to school. They also believed that English learning and teaching should not be based on from-focused instruction, rather guided by the principles of communicative methodology. Finally, they believed that English teachers needed to possess a good command of the English language in terms of fluency, accuracy and appropriacy. This study consists of four chapters and other sub-chapters. The first introductory chapter consists of the general backgrounds, review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology which comprises sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools and process of data collection and limitations of the study. Likewise, the third chapter is concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the data collected from the primary sources which were conducted using tables, percentage and mean. The last chapter incorporates the findings and the recommendations made after the data analysis which is followed by references and appendices.
Listening Proficiency of Eleventh Graders
(Department of English Education, 2013) Adhikari, Dev Raj
The present thesis entitled' Listening Proficiency of the Eleventh Graders is a study to find out and compare the listening comprehension proficiency of the students of Higher secondary level in Taplejung district on the basis of the variables; sector, public and private and sex; boys and girls in different test items used in the course of data collection. Here, the boarding schools with +2 have been taken as private and the government aided schools with +2 have been taken as public schools and so have been the students for this study. This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one starts with introduction which includes general background, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. Chapter two contains methodology that consists of sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools for data collection and limitation of the study. Chapter three deals with the presentation,analysis and interpretations of the collected data on the basis of the performance of the eleventh grader students based on the variables:  Sector wise; performance of public and private students,  Sex wise; performance of boys and girls  Text and test item wise; analysis and interpretations of the performance of those students. Finally, chapter four concludes with the findings derived from the study and recommendations on the basis of analysis and interpretations of the data so as to enhance and develop the listening proficiency of the students in the future.References and appendices that make the work valid are included at the end of this chapter.
A Study of English Vocabulary Achievement of Fifth Graders in Ilam District
(Department of English Education, 2013) Baral, Madhab
This study entitled "A study of English Vocabulary Achievement of Fifth Graders in Ilam District" attempts to explore the achievement of vocabulary included in the English textbook of grade five.The objectives of the study were to find out students' achievement of English Vocabulary items used in English textbook of Grade Five at public schools in Ilam District, in terms of gender and to suggest some recommendations for pedagogical implications.The researcher constructed a set of written questionnaire as the main instrument for data collection. The data was provided by the 48 students studying at public schools of Ilam district. The researcher selected six schools and eight students from each school using random sampling procedure. The data obtained were analyzed,evaluated and interpreted using descriptive approach and simple statistical tools i.e. mean, and percentage. The findings of the study showed that the English vocabulary achievement of the fifth graders was found satisfactory in total but while doing school wise analysis the students in total, highest vocabulary achievement were found satisfactory in School 'B'and School 'D'.It was also found that boys' achievement of English vocabulary was better than girls in total.The disparity in English vocabulary achievement was found in different schools. The present work is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background, review of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with methodology, which includes sources of data collection and limitation of the study. The third chapter includes analysis,and interpretation of data. Findings and recommendations are given in the four chapters. The sample of test items, answers of the students and references are given in the appendices.
A Study on the Challenges Faced by English Teachers and Students in Using Pair Work
(Department of English Education, 2013) Giri, Ratna
The title of this thesis isA Study on the Challenges Faced by English Teachers and Students in Using Pair Work. The main objective of this study was to find out the problems in pair work of Grade ten students and explore into the possibility of solving the problems. For this study, I used teaching observation check-list and questionnaires as the tools for data collection.I selected fifty students of ten different government schools of Ilam district to work in the questionnaires.I selected ten government schools purposefully. I observed the classes of the teachers teaching English in Grade ten.After analyzing and interpreting the collected data,it was found that all teachers did not divide the class into pairs, they did not use English as medium language,most of them punished their students. Noise, time consuming,shyness of the students, etc. wereothermain problems in pair work.Forming pairs of mixed–ability students, using simple language in the class, encouraging students,involving students in practice, giving feedback and providing guidance and counseling, giving clear instruction and avoiding immediate correction were suggested as the ways of overcoming the problems in pair work.On the basis of the findings, it was recommended that students should be involved in speaking activity.English should be taught by creating funny environment as children learn effectively and successfully in a learner-friendly environment. This thesis is divided into four chapters: Introduction, Methodology, Analysis and Interpretation and Findings and Recommendations. The first chapter contains general background, review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter contains methodology in which the sources of data,the population of the study,sampling procedure, tools of data collection, process of data collection and limitation of the study were included. Chapter three deals with the analysis and interpretation of the data.The data analysis and interpretation were based on the observation check-list and questionnaires to the teachers and the students. Finally, chapter four contains the finding, recommendations and pedagogical implications.
Techniques of teaching reading skill at basic level
(Department of English Education, 2023) Regmi, Sunita
This research work entitled "Techniques of Teaching Reading Skill at Basic Level" is an attempt to find out the techniques of teaching reading skill and attitude of teachers towards teaching reading at grade 5 in Nepalese contexts. This is both quantitative and qualitative inquiry, based on multi- method approach, descriptive and narrative analysis of data. The main tools for the data collection were questionnaire and observation. The data were collected from 12 English teachers teaching at Basic Level Schools of Sunsari district by using questionnaire. Further the teachers' classes were observed using the observation checklist. The findings of the study showed that most of the teachers were found academically qualified to teach at Basic level. No teachers used single technique to warm up the students. They used various techniques such as asking pre-reading questions related to the coming topic, starting with vocabulary race, asking questions related to the topic, doing pair work related to the topic, providing hints about the lesson, telling reference, by visualization of theme of content. Most of the respondents preferred student-centered techniques while teaching English for Basic level students which indicates that teachers are moving away from traditional teaching methods, where the teacher takes center stage and controls the learning process, to more modern approaches, where students play an active role in their own learning. Various techniques were used by teachers to teach reading skill at Basic level such as reading aloud, story map, scanning and skimming, reading in front of the class, summarizing and visualizing the background, answering the questions, clarifying, structure proposition, chart, recitation etc. Out of them reading aloud technique was mostly used technique and scanning and skimming technique were occasionally used techniques. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, and significance of the study and delimitation of the study. The second chapter deals with the review of related theoretical literature, review of related literature and conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with research design, sources of data, population and sample, sampling procedure, data collection tools, data collection procedure and method of analysis of data. Chapter four deals with the analysis and interpretation of data, while chapter five focuses on the conclusion and recommendations and implications.

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