Teaching activities used by english teachers in teaching intensive reading skills at secondary level

Abstract

This study carried out in intensive reading skill for reading comprehension text practice grade 11 in compulsory English subject in public school. The main objectives of this study were to explore teaching activities used by English teachers in teaching intensive reading skills at secondary level and to find out what similarity and difference can be explored in making use of teaching activities. Survey research design and descriptive method applied during research. All of the English teachers in Pyuthan district were population of the study and four English teachers at four different schools in Pyuthan were sample of the study. Non-random purposive sampling procedures followed along with researcher observed ten classes of each teacher out of forty classes. The researcher employed class observation checklist and observation note-taking tools were used during research. The major findings of this study were that both trained and untrained teachers should use recommended authentic materials, read the text again to extract its literal meaning, develop intensive reading skills, develop vocabulary and grammatical knowledge. Teachers of English language equipped students to read short-text carefully and deeply in order to gain maximum understanding because it is detailed reading with specific objectives, enable them to understand, speak and write English correctly, improve their knowledge and command over English. This study consists of five chapters. Chapter one is introduction which comprises of the background of study, statement of the problems, objectives of study, research question, significance of the study, delimitation of the study research, and operational definition of the key terms. Similarly, chapter two includes the review of the related empirical literature, implication of the review for the study, theoretical and conceptual framework. At the same way, three chapters comprises of design and method of the study, population, sampling strategies, study area, data collection tools, data collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation of Procedures and ethical consideration. Likewise, chapter four encompasses analysis of data and interpretation of results and summary of the findings. Similarly, chapter five entails conclusions and recommendations. Eventually, this chapter is followed by references and appendixes