Strategies Employed by the English Teachers’ During the Pandemic

Abstract

The present thesis entitled Strategies Employed by the English Teachers During the Pandemic is an attempt to find out the strategies used by the secondary teachers for handling classes in the difficult pandemic situation. To meet the objectives of study, a survey research design was adopted selecting 20 secondary level English teachers from 10 secondary schools of Baglung district as sample to collect the intended data. In those schools, there were mostly 2 or 3 teachers teaching at classes 9, 10, 11 and 12. So, due to the remote areas and lack of several schools in rural municipalities, 2 teachers from each school were selected. Non-random judgmental sampling procedure was used to select schools and teachers. Close-ended and openended questions were included in the questionnaire and used as a research tool to

elicit the required data. The collected data from the respondents were analyzed and

interpreted using simple percentage and number of participants descriptively. From

this study, it was found that, problem solving and student centered methods were very

useful strategies to teach English subject through virtual means in COVID-19

pandemic situation. Similarly, ELT teachers could solve academic and technological

problems by using lesson plans, making notes and encouraging students to listen radio

programs.

This research study consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with the background of the study, statement of the problem, rationale of the study, objectives of the study, research questions, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, the second chapter deals with the review of the theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implication of the review of the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapters includes research design and methods of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, study area/ field, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical considerations. Furthermore, fourth chapter presents the results and discussion. Moreover, the fifth chapter deals with conclusion and implications under this finding, recommendations related to the policy level, practice level and further research of the study on the basis of the findings. At the end, references and appendixes are included.