Attitudes of Dalit Students towards Learning English

Abstract

This research study entitled Attitudes of Dalit Students towards Learning English was an attempt to find out the various attitudes of Dalit Students regarding English language learning and aimed to list some pedagogical implications. This study was carried out using both primary and secondary sources of data. For primary data, fifty Dalit Students were randomly selected from ten secondary schools of Siraha district. From each school, five Dalit students of secondary level were provided with the questionnaire to get information regarding English language learning. I used both close-ended and open-ended types of questions to elicit the required data. It was found that they were extremely positive towards learning English and they opined that all the students must engage themselves in learning English. The data were analysed based on percentage and presented using paraorthographicalmodes like tables.The thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter deals with methodology in which sources of data, population of study, sample population, sampling procedure,research tools, process of data collection and limitations of the study have been included. Similarly, the third chapter deals with analysis and interpretation of the data. The final chapter consists of the findings and recommendations based on the analysis and interpretation of the data.References and appendices have been attached at the end.