Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions on Digital Divide In English Language Learning

Abstract

This thesis entitled “Teachers and Students‟ Perceptions on Digital Divide in English Language Learning” is an effort to document teachers‟ and students‟ perceptions on digital divide in English language learning. To achieve the objectives of this research, the researcher selected 10 teachers and 30 students of Tribhuvan University as a sample or informants of this study. This study employed non-random judgmental sampling procedure for selecting the sample for the study. The researcher used questionnaire as the tool of data collection. The researcher tabulated, analyzed, interpreted and then presented the findings. After analyzing and interpreting the data obtained from the informants, the researcher found that access to new technology determines the rate of learning performance; those learners who have the access to new technology can show high learning performance than others who don‟t have the access. Therefore the digital divide should be bridged. The study consists of five chapters. The first chapter contains introduction and background to digital divide, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of key terms. In the second chapter, related theoretical literature and empirical literature are reviewed and conceptual framework of the study has been developed along with the implications of the review of the study. The third chapter includes methods and procedures of the study which further contains 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 deals with analysis of data and interpretation of result. In the same way, the fifth chapter includes the findings, conclusion and recommendations on the basis of findings.