Use of PowerPoint Presentations in English Language Teaching Classrooms inMaster Level: Perspectives and Issues

Abstract

This study entitled Use of PowerPoint Presentations in English Language Teaching Classrooms in Master Level: Perspectives and Issues was conducted to explore the students’ perspectives and issues towards the use of PowerPoint presentations in ELT classroom. I used mixed method and survey as a research design. Forty students were selected as participants by simple random sampling procedure from Department of English Education of University Campus. In order to obtain the objectives, close ended and open ended questions were made. The data were analyzed statistically and thematically, the result revealed positive perspectives towards the use of PowerPoint in ELT classroom for the better understanding and demonstration of content, specific classroom presentation, content review, to attract students’ attention in learning. The findings showed that major issues were lack of skillful resources, lack of administrative support, classroom management,monotonous and teacher centered classroom, lack of proper skills and knowledge about the innovative tools, lack of trainings. The study also suggested that the proper designing of slides, administrative support, interaction with the students, training is essential for the effectiveness of PowerPoint presentation in the ELT classroom. 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.