Teachers’ Perceptions on Using Audio-Materials in Teaching Listening Skills

Abstract

This study entitled Teachers’ Perceptions on Using Audio-materials in Teaching Listening Skills attempted to identify teachers’ perceptions of lower secondary english teachers on using audio-materials in teaching listening skills and the problem faced by EFL teachers in teaching listening. In this research, all the English teachers of lower secondary level were population for this study. Among them thirty respondents from fifteen different private schools of Kathmandu valley were sampled. I used random sampling procedure to select the sample. A set of questionnaires consisting of both close-ended and openended questions was used as a data collection tool. The data were analyzed and interpreted using simple statistical tools such as percentage and tables. After completing my research, it has been found that audio-materials seem an interactive teaching aids. It develops students’ pronunciation, communication, confidence and habit of listening. Students seem happy, energetic, and eager to have listening class at lower secondary level. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter. It includes background of the study, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the reviews of the theoretical literature, review of related imperical literature implications of the reviews for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with methodology and procedure of the study which incorporates design and method 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 fourth chapter deals with the analysis of data and interpretation of results. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using tables. The fifth chapter presents the findings, conclusion and recommendations of this research.