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Item English Language Teaching through Montessori Approach: Teachers’ Perceptions(Department of English Education, 2023) K.C, YashodaThis research is entitled English Language Teaching through Montessori Approach: Teachers’ Perceptions. This research aimed at exploring teachers’ perceptions towards the Montessori approach to teaching of English. This study adopted narrative inquiry as a design. Five teachers from five different Montessori schools in Kathmandu were chosen purposively for this study. The study showed that Montessori approach is a learner centered approach through which students' involvement can be increased. Montessori approach comprehends the learning and it was found that Montessori method was the most preferred method of teaching English. This approach also helps to understand the psychology of children so that learning can happen in the classroom. This approach helps to develop creativity in students because of the environment of the classroom created by Montessori teachers. Likewise, this approach is material based which enhances the learning and retention. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction part including the background of the study, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, relevance of the study, delimitation of the study, and operational definitions of the key terms respectively. The second chapter consists of a literature review both theoretical and empirical, and its implications. In addition, it also includes the conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with a methodology such as research design, method of the study, population, sampling strategy, research tools, source of data, and data collection procedure as well as ethical considerations. Similarly, the fourth chapter deals with analysis and interpretation of the data, and findings, and results. Finally, the fifth chapter incorporates a conclusion and recommendations based on the study which is related to policy, practice, and further research. Likewise, the references and appendices are also included for the validation of the research at the end of the study.Item Head Teachers’ Perceptions on English as a Medium of Instruction in Community Schools(Department of English Education, 2021) Karki, RadhikaThis is a study on Head Teachers’ Perceptions on English as a Medium of Instruction in Community Schools. The main objective of the study was to explore Head Teachers’ experiences on EMI in the Community Schools. Narrative inquiry was adopted as a research design. The population of this study were all the Head Teachers of the Community Schools of Kathmandu district. The sample of this study consisted of four Head Teachers of the Community Schools of Kathmandu district. Purposive non-random sampling procedure was adopted for the selection of sample population. The study was based on both the primary and secondary sources of data. The collected data were transcribed, coded and analyzed thematically. The findings of the study showed that being the lingua franca of the world, English has got supremacy everywhere. However, there are many hindrances to implement EMI; lack of proficiency in teachers, lack of teaching materials in the schools, lack of background of English in children. So, the Head teachers are conducting in-service training programmers, workshops, bridge courses. Teachers are closer to students to understand their personal problems and other problems. And here both English and Nepali languages are used as medium of instruction. I found encouragement and motivation were the essential factors for the progress of the students. Head teachers are active in schools they are leading school with good manner, their guidance and counseling are important for the students. But there was gap between perception of Head Teachers and actual practices in the classroom. It was found that all the teachers were not very much dedicated and attachable with students. Similarly to play game in the school there were not enough playing resources which are needed to healthy brain development. In the starting phase to apply EMI was not easy it’s hard to convince parents, students and teachers as well. But with changeable times parents are demanding effective implementation of EMI in the Community schools of Nepal. 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, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the study. On the other hand, the second chapter deals with the review of related theoretical literature, review of the related empirical literature, implications of the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter deals with the design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategies, sources of data (primary and secondary).Data collection procedure, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter is about the analysis and interpretation of the results and the fifth chapter consists of the findings, conclusion and recommendations. The last section of this research includes the references and appendices.Item Novice Teacher's Perceptions and Practices of Learner Centered Techniques in Teaching English(Department of English Education, 2016) Ojha, DurgaThis research study entitled “Novice teachers perceptions on student-centered techniques” was carried out to find out the practices of student-centered techniques in teaching English at secondary and lower secondary level. For collecting the data, forty novice English language teachers of Nuwakot district were taken as a sample using non-random sampling procedure. The study was survey research design. The tool is used for interpreted the data both quantitatively and qualitatively. The main finding of the study is that secondary and lower secondary level English teachers have practiced student- centered techniques in their classrooms. However, in the case of teaching poems, it is also found that they have used ‘explanation’ technique which comes under teacher-centered technique. This research comprised of five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Likewise the second chapter describes about teaching and learning activities, teaching techniques (Teacher-centered techniques and student-centered techniques), various roles of English language teachers, about novice teachers .‘ Review of Related Theoretical literature’. In addition, this chapter comprises review of related empirical literature, implication of the review for the study and conceptual frame work. Similarly, the third chapter covers all the areas of methodology dealing with the design of the study, population of the study, sampling procedures, data collection tool , data collection procedure and data analysis and interpretation procedure. In the same way, the fourth chapter focuses on result and discussion, analysis and interpretation of the data. The fifth chapter deals with the summary and implications followed by references and appendices.Item Teachers Perceptions on the Use of Summative Assessment at Secondary Level(Department of English Education, 2021) Sah, Kabita KumariThe thesis entitled “Teachers Perceptions on the use of summative assessment at secondary level” is an attempted to find out Teachers Perceptions on the use of summative assessment ELT Classrooms. I collected the data by administrating the questionnaire to 30 Teachers of different secondary school of Kathmandu district.Two types of Questionnaire (Closed-Ended, Open-Ended) were employed to elicit data. The sample of the study was selected through purposive non-random sampling procedure. The data where analyzed and interpreted in order to find out their perceptions of using summative assessment in ELT classroom, I conduct survey research to achieve the objective of the study. The major findings of the study show that summative assessment were used for teaching for providing the feedback to the students, to improve the teaching learning process. Most of the teachers used the summative assessment in the form of terminal examinations and final examinations project work in classroom at secondary level. Moreover, it was perceived that use of summative assessment beneficial to the students as well as teachers at secondary level in ELT classrooms may hinder learning of the students .it is recommended that regarding appropriate judicious use of summative assessment in classrooms This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is introduction which consists of background of the study, research questions, significant of the study,delimitations of the study and operations definitions of the key terms. The second chapter includes review of related literature and conceptual framework that consists of review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implication of the review of the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter deals with methods and procedure of the study which covers design and methods of the study,populations, sample and sampling strategies, research tools and techniques , sources of data, data collections procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. Likewise, the fourth chapters includes the analysis and interpretations of the data. Furthermore, fifth chapter includes finding, conclusion and recommendation. Finally, the references and the appendices, which are necessary for the validation of the research, have also been presentedItem Teachers' Perceptions on the Use of Culture of Inquiry for Their Professional Development(Department of English Education, 2021) Chapagain, ParwakharThis thesis entitledTeachers' Perceptions on the Use of Culture of Inquiryfor theirProfessional Developmentaimed tofindstrategies used by the teachers fortheir professional development. In order to achieve the objectives of the study,Iemployedmixedmethodresearch design in general and survey research design inparticular. All thesecondary level English teachers of Nawalpurdistrict were thepopulation of the study. Out of them,30secondary level English teachers were takenas the sample. They were selected by following purposive non-random samplingmethod. A set of questionnaire including both open and closed-ended items was usedto collect the data from the sample. The collected data were analyzed bothdescriptively and statistically byfollowing simple statistical tools as well as itemanalysis. The research findings showed that the teacherspreferred action research,aesthetic awareness, case study, workshops, attending havingdialogue session, classroom observation, journalswritingand reflective diaries to developtheir sense ofculture of inquiry in teaching profession. As a part of the usefulness of the strategies,90% of the selected teachers viewed that they usedaction research as the mosteffective strategyto develop culture of inquiry for their professional development. The thesis consists of five chapters viz. introduction, review of relatedliterature and conceptual framework, method and procedures of the study, analysisand interpretation of results and conclusion and recommendations. The first chapterconsists of background of the study, statement of the problems, objectives of thestudy, research questions, significance of the study, delimitationsof the study andoperational definition of the key terms. Similarly, the second chapter includes thereview of theoretical literature,review of the empirical literature,implication of thereview of the study and conceptual framework of thestudy. Similarly,the thirdchapterdeals with the methodology adopted to carry out the research. It consists ofdesign, and method ofthe study, population, sample and sampling strategy, studyare/field, data collection tools and technique, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures, in the same way, chapter four consists ofanalysis and interpretation ofthe data and it also present summary/discussion offindings chapter five consists of the conclusion and recommendations of the study.Recommendations have been presented in policy related, practice related and furtherrelated. The final part of the study consists of references and appendices.Item Teachers' Perceptions towards the use of Strategies for Developing Students’Critical Thinking Abilities(Department of English Education, 2017) Sah, Surya DevThis research work entitledTeachers' Perceptions towards the Use of Strategies for Developing Students’Critical ThinkingAbilitieswascarriedout to find outthe strategies used by the teachers for developing criticalthinking abilities of the studentsandtheir perceptions on the role of criticalthinking strategies in language learning.The primary datafor the studywascollected from the thirty secondarylevel English teachers fromJanakpur area.The sample wasselected by usingnon–random purposive sampling strategy.The datawasobtained from the respondents through theuse ofquestionnaire.The collected data from the questionnaire wereanalyzed and interpreted byusing simple statistical tools and descriptive techniques. The results of thestudy showedthatmajority of the teachersused Pair-Reading and Pair-Summarizing, Know/Want to know/ Learn, Direct Reading Activity, Think-Pair-Share, Semantic Map, Cooperative Learning, Value Line and CriticalThinking Mindset strategiesin their classrooms.Almost all of the teachersbelieved thatCritical thinking is playing very important role in Englishlanguage learning. It is boosting the students thinking and make the able tounderstand the things more broadly. This thesis comprises offive chapters. Chapter one deals with thebackgroundof the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, researchquestions,significance of the study, delimitations of the studyand operationaldefinitions of the key terms. Similarly, chapter two deals with the review ofrelated literature and conceptual framework. It includesreview of the relatedtheoretical literature, review of the empirical literature, implicationsof thereview for the study and conceptual framework. Chapter three consists ofdesign and method of the study,population, sample and sampling strategy, datacollection tools and techniques, sources of data, data collection procedures,data analysis procedures and ethical considerations.Chapter four consists ofthe analysis and interpretation of the data. Finally, chapter five deals with themajor findings ofthe study, conclusion and recommendations on the basis ofthe analysis and interpretation of the collected data.Item Teachers’ Perceptions on and Practices of Collaborative Learning in Developing Speaking Skill(Department of Education, 2015) Poudel, GopalThe present research study entitled “Teachers’ Perceptions on and Practices of Collaborative Learning in Developing Speaking Skill” aimed to find out the teachers’ perceptions on and practices of collaborative learning in developing speaking skill.To meet the objectives of this research study, I purposively selected 20 secondary level English teachers from 20 schools of Taplejung district as sample for this study. One secondary level English teacher from each school was selected for this study.Questionnaire and Classroom observation checklist were used to collect the data for this study. The findings of this study showed that collaborative learning provided opportunities for learners to develop successful learning and communication strategies.Similarly, seventy percent teachers agreed that working in pairs and groups students could increase their fluency and command over speaking skill.Although collaborative learning is important in developing speaking skill, it was found that only 66.67% English teachers were interested in creating environment of collaboration for teaching this skill.Likewise, it was found that teachers rarely used collaborative games in developing speaking skill of the students. This thesis is organized into five chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the topic, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter includes review of related theoretical literature,review of related empirical literature, implication of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter covers all the areas of methodology. Likewise, the fourth chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of results and the fifth chapter includes conclusions and recommendations at three different areas (policy related, practice related and further related).Item Teachers’ Perceptions on the Reflective Practices in ELT Classroom(Department of English Education, 2016) Chaudhary, Sundar LalThis research work entitled Teachers’ Perceptions on the Reflective Practices in ELT Classroom is an attempt to find out the secondary level English teachers’ perceptions on the reflective practices in ELT classroom in terms of subject, teachers’ behaviour and modes of reflective practices. I purposively selected 30 secondary level English teachers from 30 secondary schools of Saptary district as sample for this study. One secondary level English teacher was selected from each sample school. Non-random judgemental sampling procedure was used to select the sample. Questionnaire was used to collect the data for this study. The findings of the study showed that secondary level English teachers had positive perceptions on reflective practices of teaching as 73.33 % teachers got self-satisfaction and developed self-esteem after reflective practices of teaching. Similarly, it was found that 70 % teachers reflected on their teaching for deeper understanding of their own teaching profession, to improve their teaching activities and strategies, to be critical thinkers and confident on their subject matter and as it makes teaching interesting and lively. This thesis is organized into five chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the topic, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter includes review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter includes design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, study areas/field, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedure and data analysis and interpretation procedure. Likewise, the fourth chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of results and the fifth chapter included conclusions and recommendations at three different areas (policy related, practice related and further research related) followed by references and appendices.Item Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Compulsory English Textbook of Grade 9(Department of English Education, 2023) Joshi, Jaya RajThe present study entitled “Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Compulsory English Textbook of Grade 9” was carried out to identify the teachers’ perceptions on the compulsory English textbook of Grade 9 in terms of the practical considerations, layout and design, activities, language skills, language type, content, gender balance and cultural appropriateness. I used survey research design in order to carry out this study. I collected the data from forty government schools' teachers teaching at grade nine in Chadranagar Rural Municipality and Ishworpur Municipality of Sarlahi district using purposive sampling technique. A questionnaire containing 33 close ended and 5 open ended questions was used as the data collection tool. The findings showed that some criteria were fulfilled in the textbook while some others were not. The teachers have positive attitudes in relation to the activities in the textbook. The textbook has worked well on the language functions and the language used in the textbook is at the right level of students’ current English ability whereas, the textbook does not meet the teachers’ expectations in terms of the presentation of the grammar and subject matter. Similarly, the language in the textbook does not represent a diverse range of registers and accents. However, the exercises in the textbook are included well in balanced pattern.Likewise, the textbook includes an adequate vocabulary in the glossary section. The textbook has failed to cover the stories of successful women and their contribution for the transformation of society. Furthermore, the gender issues in the textbook are not balanced in terms of content, illustrations and competencies. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter includes background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, the second chapter is related to the review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, third chapter deals with methods and procedures of the study under which design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, data collection tools, data collection procedures, analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical consideration are mentioned. In the same way, the forth chapter consists of analysis and interpretation of data. The fifth chapter includes the findings, conclusion and recommendations of the study. Finally, it includes references and appendices.Item Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Grade Eight English Textbook(Faculty of English Education, 2020) Bimali, NishaThis research work entitled Teachers’ Perceptions Towards Grade Eight English Textbook is to analyze the textbook 'English Grade 8' in terms of physical aspect (layout and design, paper quality, letter spacing, pricing, printing and binding, pictures and availability) and academic aspect (content, language, exercises, language skills and grammatical items) used based on the teachers’ perspectives in different community and institutional schools of Kanakai Municipality of Jhapa district. The objective of this research is to explore the teachers’ perception towards English textbook of grade eight in terms of physical aspects and academic aspects and provide some pedagogical implications.The data was analyzed descriptively. The respondents for the study contained 20 English teachers who taught in grade eight. The result showed that the teachers perceived the English textbook used in grade eight is able to accomplish the learning targets. The exercises included in the textbook are supposed to provide sufficient practice to the students for developing all four language skills of language so that the outcomes of the curriculum can be achieved easily. The first chapter is introduction that includes background of the study, statement of the problems, objectives of the study, research questions, significance and delimitations of the study. The second chapter is related to the review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implication of review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter is about the methodology that contains design of the study, sources of data collection, sampling procedures, tools for data collection and process of data collection. The fourth chapter deals with analysis and interpretation of results and the fifth chapter is related to conclusion and recommendations such as policy related, practice related and further research related followed references and appendices of the study. viItem Teacher’s Correction of Errors and Students’perceptions on it(Department of English Education, 2009) Dahal, ToshalThe purpose of the present study was to find out whether teachers correctstudents' errors or not, if they do how they do it and to find out the perceptionsof students towards teachers' corrections of their errors. The researcher selected10 different secondary schools (5 government-aided and 5 private) ofkathmandu valley purposively. He selected 70 students of class 9 randomly, inwhich 7 students were selected from each school. Theresearcher used two setsof close-ended questionnaires i.e. one for students and another for teachers. Theresearcher visited selected schools, established rapport and got the studentscollected with the help of the English teachers. He administered thequestionnaire to the selected students and teachers and then he collected them.Furthermore, he collected 10 leafs of students exercise books, that werecorrected by their teachers in which; a leaf was collected from each school. Thedata collected from therespondents were analysed and interpreted to find outthe teachers' corrections of errors and students' perceptions on it. Broadly, itwas found that the teachers correct their students' errors and students alsoperceive this activity as a positive one done upon their works for theirbetterment. The study is divided into four different chapters. The first chapter consists ofthe background of the study, review of the related literature, objectives andsignificance of the study. The second chapter consistsof sources of data,sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection andlimitations of the study. The third chapter deals with the analysis andinterpretations of the collected data and last chapter summaries the whole studyby presenting findings, suggestions and some recommendations. The referencesand appendices are organized at the last part of this study.