Effectiveness of small group discussion in teaching reading comprehension of secondary level English classroom

Abstract

The entitled study “Effectiveness of Small Group Discussion in Teaching Reading Comprehension of Secondary Level English Classroom' attempts to find the effectiveness of small group discussion(SGD) in teaching reading. To meet this objectives, thirty students of grade ten from a private school in Kathmandu metropolitan city were selected by applying the non- random sampling method. Pre-test and post-test that comprising matching items, short question answer items, finding synonym and true/false items were used to collect data. The pre-test was administered before the actual teaching in the classroom and the post-test was administered immediately after the completion of twenty eight days classroom teaching. The researcher himself was involved in the experimental teaching in the English language classroom. The score derived from the pre-test and post-test, data were tabulated and analyzed by using simple statistics and generated the research findings. During the experimental phase, the researcher applied the traditional method to group A (controlled group) and SGD method to another group, group B (experimental group). The test was administered to both groups and findings were derived by comparing the test score of both groups. The analysis on the basis of average scores, the study shows that teaching reading comprehension through the application of SGD is more effective than that of traditional method. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter consists of introduction of the study, background of the study, statement of problem, objective of the study, research question, significance of the study, limitations of the study and definitions of the key terms. Chapter two includes the review of related literature, implications of study and conceptual framework. Chapter three deals with the research method, sampling procedures, tools for data collection and process of data collection. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the data finally the fifth chapter deals with the findings, conclusion and recommendation of the study. The report also includes the references and appendix.