Learning Strategies Adopted By Tharu Learners at Secondary Level

Abstract

The present study entitled Learning Strategies Adopted by Tharu Learners at Secondary Level aims to identify the learning strategies used by Tharu learners at secondary level while learning English language. Survey design was followed to complete this study. The study was carried out by using both primary and secondary sources of data. For fulfilling this research, the researcher selected forty Tharu students as sample population from different five secondary level government aided schools of Banke district. The researcher applied simple random sampling procedure to select the respondents. He used a set of questionnaire consisting of close-ended questions for the students only as a tool for data collection. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using simple statistical tool like percentage and presented with the help of tables. From the obtained data, it was found that all kinds of learning strategies such as cognitive, metacognitive and socio-affective were used by the Tharu students, but among these, cognitive strategies were used much by the Tharu students. However, they did not use socioaffective to a greater extent. This study consists of five chapters viz. introduction, review of related literature, methods and procedures of the study, analysis and interpretation of data, and findings, conclusion and recommendations. 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. In the second chapter, the researcher has mentioned the review of theoretical literature, review of the empirical literature related to this research, implication of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter consists of method and procedures of the study, under which, design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical considerations. The four chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of results. Finally, the fifth chapter includes the findings, conclusion and recommendations of the study.