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Item Efficacy of Demonstration and Matchstick Figures in Teaching Present Continuous Tense(Department of English Education, 2010) Thapa, Churi KalaThis study is concerned with the efficacy of demonstration and matchstick figures in teaching present continuous tense. The researcher selected Shree Janapriya Secondary school, Bartung, Palpa as a research area for this study. There were 40 students as the informants. A pre- test was given before teaching to determine the proficiency level of the students at the beginning. Then, they were divided into two groups on the basis of the odd and even roll number in terms of individual scores. After dividing them into two groups, one group was taught the present continuous tense through matchstick figures and other group through demonstration technique. Then, the results of both the pre- test and the post- test were compared to determine the efficacy of the two techniques. The finding of this study is that teaching present continuous tense through matchstick figures is more effective than teaching through demonstration technique. This study consists of four chapters. The first chapter consists of general background of the study, review of the related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with the methodology adopted to carry out the research. In other words, it includes the sources of data, sample and sampling procedure, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. The third chapter consists of analysis and interpretation of data in terms of the difference between the average scores in percentage of each group in the pre- test and the post- test. The fourth chapter presents the findings and recommendations. The findings derived from the analysis and interpretation of the data. In the final section of the study, the references and appendixes are included.Item Tense and Aspect in English and Achhami(Central Department of English Education, 2011) Budha, HikmatThe present study entitledTense and Aspect in English and Achhamiwasintended to show the comparisonoftense and aspect systembetween Englishand Achhami dialect.I carried out my research usingnon-randompurposivesampling procedure. A set of questionnaire was prepared as a research tool fortheelicitationofthe required informationand 60 informants of TikapurMunicipality were taken as a samplefor the study.The major finding of theresearch wasthat there are mainly twotenses: pastand non-past (present andfuture) in Achhami dialect. English does nothaveunknown and habitualaspectswhich are foundin Achhami dialect and Achhami dialect does not haveperfect progressive aspect whichis found in English. This thesis is divided into four main chapters and other sub-chapters. The firstchapter deals with general background, the English language, languages ofNepal,dialect and description of tense and aspect.It also includes CA, reviewofrelated literature,objectives and significance of the study. The secondchapteris concerned with the methodology used in the study. It includessources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, toolsfor datacollection, process ofdata collection and limitations of the study. The thirdchapter provides the comprehensive picture of the analysis and interpretation ofthe data.Itincludes tense and aspectsystem of Achhami dialect with examplesand its comparison withthat oftheEnglish language. The final chapter lists themajor findings and recommendations of the study.Item Tense and Aspect in Phedape Limbu and English(Faculty of English Education, 2012) Yonghang, Purna KumarThe thesis entitled “Tense and Aspect in Phedape Limbu and English” tries to find out the tense and aspect system in the Phedape dialect of the Limbu language and to make a comparison between tense and aspect and their markers with those of English in terms of person and number. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data .He selected forty Limbu native speakers from Pathari VDC of Morang district and divided them into three strata; illiterate, literate and educated. The data were collected using the inteview questionnaire as a research tool. The researcher found out that the Limbu language has four aspects but only two aspect makers (i.e. progressive and perfect). English has four aspects and three aspect markers (progressive, perfect and perfect progressive). Limbu does not have future tense. In English future tense is expressed by 'will' and 'shall' but in the Limbu language by future time adverbs. English has only the third person singular marker '-s' whereas Limbu has more person and number markers. English has only simple past tense marker but Limbu has simple past, present continuous, past continuous, present perfect and past perfect tense markers. Limbu has person markers but Einglish does not. The thesis contains four chapters. The first chapter contains general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, significance of the study. The second chapter deals with methodology of the study and it includes the sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, research tool, process of data collection and limitation of the study. The third chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected data and comparison of Limbu and English tense and aspect system and the fourth chapter presents the findings and recommendations.