Motivational Techniques Adopted by Femaleteachers in English Language Teaching

Abstract

“Motivational Techniques Adopted by Female Teachers in EnglishLanguage Teaching”was carried to explore the existing techniques ofmotivation inEnglish language teaching created by female teachers andanalyze the challengesfaced in creating better motivation in English languageclassroom. Considering the objectives, the primary data were collected from sixfemale teachers teaching English in class four from Sindhuli using purposivenon-random sampling procedure. Classroom observation and interview wereused as a tool to collect data and classroom observation guidelines andstructured questions were designed for that. The obtained data from therespondents have been analyzed and interpreted using analytical andinterpretative procedure. The study shows that all the teachers have goodknowledge about motivational techniques but few are unaware aboutapplication of it. Motivational techniques are theactivities, strategies, actionsor the tasks which stimulate the learners to learning. Teachers motivate thelearners using relevant teaching materials, making learning enjoyable andstimulating, providing motivational feedback and offering rewards in theclassroom. Teachers use Nepali language while teaching English in theclassroom, and focus on structure rather develop communicative competence.The study also shows that they foster learner autonomy by providingconsiderable freedom to the students to doactivities, to find out, to guess, todiscuss, to write, to consult, and to develop own knowledge. Similarly, thestudy shows different challenges like parents’ unawareness, time constraint,lack of need and problem based training and no inspirations can be avoidedfrom encouragements, orientations, inspirations and supportive environment. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first part deals with the introductionand background of the study. This chapter includes the background of thestudy, statement of the problems, objectives of the study, research questions,significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitionof key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of the theoretical and empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptualframework, Chapter three includes design and method of the study, population,sample and sampling strategy, sources of data, data collection tools andtechniques, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretationprocedures and ethical considerations. Chapter four includes analysis of dataand interpretation of results and finally, the fifth chapter deals with findings,conclusions, recommendations, policy related, practice related and furtherresearchrelated level.