Correlation Between Grammar in Context and Grammar in Isolation

Abstract

This research is entitled "Correlation between Grammar in Context and Grammar in Isolation". It is an attempt to find out the correlation between grammar in context and grammar in isolation and to compare the areas of difficulty. For this study, the researcher had selected six public schools and six private schools from Surkhet district. There were equal numbers of boy and girl students in the study.There were ninety-six students randomly selected from those twelve schools. The researcher constructed a test paper to collect primary data. The test contained two different varieties i.e. Grammar in context and Grammar in isolation. Then,she took sample population of both public and private schools from Surkhet district. The students attained the test and responded to it to the best of their capabilities. Then, their performance was recorded in a tabular form and the comparison was made in terms of different variables. The researcher had mainly used the mathematical method and graphic method to find out the correlation between grammar in context and grammar in isolation. In the same way, to compare the areas of difficulty she used the statistical methods of average, mean,median and mode. In total,the results of context and isolation tests were positively correlated. The correlation coefficient was 0.28 which shows the low relation.Likewise, most of the students could not obtain average score in both the test (i.e.grammar in context and grammar in isolation). This study is divided into four main chapters. The first chapter introduces the study in general background, review of related literature, objectives, significance of the study and definition of the specific terms. The second chapter, i.e.methodology includes the sources of data, tools of data collection, process of data collection and limitation of the study. The third chapter is devoted to an analysis and interpretation of the collected data. In this chapter, data are analyzed and x interpreted through statistical and descriptive approaches. The fourth cum the last chapter deals with the findings of the study on the basis of the study on the analysis and interpretation of data. Based on the findings some recommendations and pedagogical implications have been made. The references and appendices are the concluding parts of the thesis.