Vocabulary Achievement of the Students of Grade Seven

Abstract

The present thesis entitled Vocabulary Achievement of the Students of Grade Seven was carried out to find out the vocabulary achievement by the students. To collect data, both primary and secondary sources of data were used while carrying out this research. Forty students from four schools (2 Public and 2 private schools) of the Kathmandu district were selected through judgmental non-random sampling procedure for the study. I used test items for data collection. It was found that private schools’ students showed higher level of achievement of vocabulary in comparison to public schools’ students. It has been recommended that separate exercises focusing on vocabulary should be included in text book. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory part which includes general background, statement of the problem, rational of the study, objectives of the study, research question or hypothesis, significance of the study, delimitations of the study, and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter as review of related literature and conceptual frame work which includes review of related literature, implications of the review for the study, theoretical/ conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with methods and procedures of the study which includes sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools and process of data collection, data analysis and interpretation procedure. Chapter four, deals with results and discussion. Likewise the fifth chapter deals with the summary, conclusion and implications followed by references and appendices.