Teachers’ Experiences in Implementation of English as a Medium of Instruction

Abstract

English as a medium of Instruction (EMI) has been a central issue of discussion in today’s pedagogical field among the concerned stakeholders including teachers. In this narrative inquiry,entitled Teachers’ Experiences in Implementation of English as a medium of Instruction in community schools of Rupandehi district was an attempt to explore the teachers’ experiences in terms of resource materials,administrative support,and challenges faced by them in course of implementing EMI in community schools.Five secondary level teachers were selected purposively, and data were collected using non-random sampling procedure.In-depth interview was the main tool for data collection. The collected data were analyzed and interpreted by using thematic approach. The results of the study show that,the teachers of the community schools were found aware of the basic concept of the notion of the English as a medium of instruction. They were found positive in implementing EMI to conduct their daily teaching and learning activities. The study also showed that the teachers of secondary level have been facing different challenges while adopting EMI in the classrooms like students’ weak exposure to English,mother tongue interference,under resourceful schools, and in adequate language proficiency of teachers. This thesis contains five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions,significant of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of key terms. The second chapter comprises review of the related theoretical and empirical studies, implications of the studies and conceptual framework. Likewise, third chapter consists design of the study and method of the study, population, sample, and sampling strategies, research tools, sources of data, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedure, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical consideration. The fourth chapter includes analysis of data and interpretation of results. Similarly, the fifth chapter focuses on findings, conclusion,and recommendations based on results and discussion of the study. The references and appendices have been included in the last part of the thesis.