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Item Strategies Adopted By Secondary Students In Vocabulary Learning(Faculty of Education Tribhuvan University Kirtipur, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2012) Yadav, Pradip KumarThis thesis entitled "Strategies Adopted by Secondary Students in Vocabulary Learning" is an attempt to identify the strategies adopted by secondary level students in learning English vocabulary. The researcher collected data from the students of five secondary schools of Dolkha district. The total sample population of the study consisted of 100 students selected using sample random sample procedure. The researcher selected twenty students, ten students of grade nine and ten students of grade ten from each school). The questionnaire was the major tool for the data collection. The researcher spent two days in each school for collecting the data. The researcher found that the most frequently used vocabulary learning vocabulary were consulting dictionary, taking note in class and using bilingual dictionary. This study consists of four chapters. Chapter one consists of the general background, review of related literature, objective of the study, definition specific terms and significance of the study. Chapter two consist of the methods of study. It compares the source of data population of study, sample procedure tool for data collection and limitation of the study. Chapter three consists of the analysis and interpretation of the data. This data were analyzed and tabulated on the basis of the students, responses and also classified in terms of different taxonomy. Chapter four consists of the finding and recommendation of the study. The references and appendices are the conducting parts of the study.Item Strategies Used in Learning Vocabulary by the Students of Bible Colleges(Department of English Education, 2017) Gharti Magar, JamesThe present study entitled Strategies used in Learning Vocabulary by the Students of Bible Colleges is carried out to find out the strategies used in learning vocabulary by the students of Bible colleges of Kathmandu valley. The researcher selected thirty students from the three different colleges using simple random sampling procedure. A set of questionnaire including closed-ended questions was used as a research tool for data collection. The data obtained from the informants was analyzed and interpreted descriptively and statistically using simple statistical tools viz. tables and percentage. After the analysis and interpretation of collected data, it was found that the students used all kinds of vocabulary learning strategiesi.e cognitive stretrgies, meta cognitve strategies and social-strategies that were presented in the questionnaire such as noting down the meaning of new words during teacher’s explanation,using glossary section of a book and guessing meaning from textual context under cognitive strategies. Similarly, they spent timein memorizing words and connected new words to already known words under meta cognitive strategies. Likewise, they asked the teacher for translation, asked close friends and learned new words in groups under social strategies. Moreover, it was found that students used all three types of strategies, i. e cognitive,meta cognitive and social-strategies. Among them cognitive strategies were used in a greater extend in comparison to meta cognitive and socio-strategies. It was also found that most of the respondents used the strategies presented in the questionnaire ‘sometimes’ whereas few learners used those strategies ‘never’. This thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter one is an introductory part. This chapter includes 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 key terms. Chapter two consists of review of the related theoretical and empirical literature, conceptual framework and implications of the study. Likewise, chapter three is related with methodology. This chapter includes design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy,tools and techniques of data collection, data collection procedures and data analysis x and interpretation procedures. Similarly, chapter four incorporates analysis and interpretation of results and summary of findings. Finally, the last chapter deals with conclusions and recommendations of the study.Item Use of digital dictionary by secondary level students in learning English vocabulary(Department of English Education, 2023) Bhattarai, RanjeetaThis study entitled Use of Digital Dictionary by Secondary Level Students in Learning English Vocabulary was conducted to explore the frequency of using digital dictionary by secondary level students, types of digital dictionary, purposes of using digital dictionary and problems of using digital dictionary by secondary level students in learning English language. I used survey research design in this research study. All the students who were studying in grade 11 were selected as participants from community schools of Damak Municipality, Jhapa. In order to obtain the objectives, close-ended and open-ended questionnaire were developed. Further, telephone interview was taken in order to get more data from the students who responded that they did not have smart phones and questions were asked about the reasons of not having smart phones. This research study was based on descriptive survey design. The data obtained from closeended questionnaire were analyzed by using tables, graphs, and pie-chart and the data obtained from open-ended questionnaire were analyzed by making themes. The result revealed that most of the students use digital dictionary while learning English language. Students prefer to use mobile dictionary more compared to other types of digital dictionary. They used digital dictionary for various purposes such as to find meaning of unknown words, confirm the meaning of known words, find spelling, know the pronunciation of words and use words in meaningful sentences. The findings showed that the main reason for not using digital dictionary was the schools' prohibition to bring smart phones in school premises. Secondly, almost all of the teachers do not allow them to use smart phone inside the classroom. The majority of students reported that their parents do not allow them to use smart phone at home, and some students do not have smart phones. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the study which consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, second chapter is about the review of theoretical as well as empirical literature and its implication for the study. Moreover, it also includes the conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of the study which covers design and method of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures, and ethical considerations. In the same way the forth chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of the data. Finally, the fifth chapter incorporates the findings and conclusion of the study followed by some policy related, practiced related, and further research related recommendation based on the study. The references and the appendices are also included for the validation of the research at the end of the study.Item The use of subtitled videos for vocabulary learning(Department of English Education, 2022) Timilsina, AsmitaThe present study entitled ‘The Use of Subtitled Videos for Vocabulary Learning’ was carried to identify the use of subtitled videos for vocabulary learning writing activities and to explore the students’ perception towards the use of subtitled videos for vocabulary learning. The population of this study were students studying in grade nine from Kathmandu district, however, I selected forty students studying in grade 9 from five institutional schools by using simple random sampling strategy as a sample. A set of questionnaire consisting close-ended and open- ended questions was used as the tool for data collection. The findings of the study showed that 82.50% of respondents watch videos with subtitles once a week whereas, 17.50% participants do it once month. The data reveals that students are familiar with subtitles as all the participants responded that they watch videos with subtitles at least once a month. More than 80% respondents reported that the classes were taken with the help of subtitle for instructing English either once a month or occasionally. They commented that the teachers brought the downloaded video contents including subtitles in the classroom and used to play repeatedly by pausing and making the students read out when they could not comprehend the conversation. The data showed positive results on the use of subtitled video as a tool for learning vocabulary as 92.5 percent of the informants suggested subtitled videos as a beneficial tool to learn vocabulary. The results also claimed that the implementation of English subtitled video improves the students’ vocabulary as the comments from the students state that the use of subtitles bridges the gap between reading and listening skills. This thesis has been divided into 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 key terms. Whereas, second chapter incorporates the review of theoretical and empirical literature, implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. On the other hand, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of this study. Similarly, fourth chapter encompasses analysis and interpretation of data. Finally, fifth chapter deals with findings, summary, conclusion and recommendations of the study. And, in the final section, references and appendices are included.