Pedagogical Practices in Elt Classroom: Anethnographic Study

Abstract

The research entitled ‘Pedagogical Practices in ELT Classroom: AnEthnographicStudy’ was an attempt toexplore the pedagogical practices ofpublic ELT classroom in terms of classroom managementand instructionaltechniques.The research followed the ethnographicresearchdesign.Classroomobservation, dairy keepingand interview were used as the main research toolsfor data collection. Two secondary level English teachers were sampled byusing purposive non-random sampling procedure from two different publicschools of Mahottari district.Iobserved 30 classes (i.e. fifteen of each teacher)of selected ELT teachers using classroom observation guidelines.From thestudy, it wasfound thatthere was a gap between the teachers’ knowledge aboutthe classroom management strategies; instructional techniques that could beused in ELT classes and their practices in real classroom teaching. It wasbecause teachers stated in the interview that they used learner centeredtechniques, audio visual and supplementary materials and child friendlyphysical facilities in their classroom to deliver the English language skills butafter observing their real practices in the classroom, they mostly used teachercentered methods,limited materials;textbook,newspaper,white board, andmarkersand traditional physical facilities. That is tosay, they hardly noticedusing ICT materials. The thesisconsists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with generalbackground, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, researchquestions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operationaldefinitions of the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review oftheoretical and empirical literature and conceptual framework of the study.Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methodology adopted for the study,design ofthe study, population, sample and sampling strategy of the study,research tools, sources of data, data collection procedure and data analysis andinterpretation procedure of the study. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected data descriptively and using simplestatisticaltools. Similarly, the fifth chapter deals with the findings based on the analysisand interpretation of the data, conclusion derived from the findings andrecommendations.Finally,references and appendicesare attached at the finalpart of the study.