Perceptions of university level students on the role of private tutoring to enhance their learning

Abstract

The present research work entitled “Perceptions of University Level Students on the Role of Private Tutoring to Enhance their Learning” was carried out to explore the perceptions of Master level English students on private tutoring interm of language teaching technique, content coverage, use of materials (teaching materials and reference materials) and classroom management. Master level 30 students were selected following purposive non-random sampling procedure. To find out the perceptions of the students, I used questionnaire containing both open-ended and close ended questions. Data collected from informants were tabulated and analyzed applying simple statistical tools i.e. tables, bar diagram and pie-chart. By analyzing and interpreting the data, I found that students are positive toward private tutoring in the sense, tutoring helps to secure high marks; it also helps to the students who cannot regularly attend the class. Students get individual treatment and student centred techniques are applied in tutoring classes. But they accepted that the tutoring increases students’ dependency on teachers; it demands extra fee and time , so all the students may not be able to afford it. So, it increases social inequality as well. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objective of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, the second consists of the review of the theoretical literature, review of the empirical literature, implication of the review of the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with the methodological aspect under which method and design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, sources of data ( primary and secondary), data collection procedures, data analysis procedures and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter focuses on the analysis of the data and interpretation of results. Similarly, the fifth chapter of the study consists findings, conclusions and recommendations of the whole study. References are included at the end of the study.