Attitudes of Tharu students in English language learning

Abstract

This research entitled Attitudes of Tharu Students in English Language Learning has main purposes to find out the attitudes of Tharu students in English learning and to find out factors affect in their learning. The research was narrative inquiry in design. The research was to know the various conditions and the levels of the Tharu students. Five Students were taken as a primary sources from three secondary schools of Dang district. From these three schools I have taken interview from five students. I have used interview as a tool for data collection. It was found that Tharu students really feels difficult in learning English. Poverty, economic condition, illiteracy, racial discrimination, environment, carelessness of government, social discrimination, geographical structure, unemployment etc are the factors that affects the Tharu students in learning the English language. This study comprises five chapters. The first chapter presents the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. The second chapter consists of the review of related theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of the study and conceptual framework. In the same way, chapter three includes design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter is about analysis of collected data and interpretation of results. The analysis of data was themetically organized and further analyzed. The final chapter deals with findings, conclusion and recommendations. The references and appendices have been included in the last part of the thesis.