Problems faced by secondary-level students in teaching-speaking skill

Abstract

The present study entitled Problems Faced by Secondary-Level Students in TeachingSpeaking Skill was found out the affecting factors to students’ participation in learning

English. To meet the specified objectives of the study, questionnaire and observation checklist

were used to collect the data from the secondary level of 40 students from 10 Government-

aided Schools of Makwanpur district. They were selected using purposive random sampling

procedure. The data obtained from the research tools were analyzed statistically and

descriptively using graphic presentation such as tables and graph. The findings of the study

showed that the influential factors such as family background, economic status, educational

background, cultural factors, teachers’ and students’ activities in the classroom directly or

indirectly affect students’ participation in learning English. Among these factors, students’

activities were the most dominant factor (76.33%) in their learning as the success of learning

the second language depended on the learners themselves.

The present study consists of five chapters. The first chapter i.e. introduction, deals with the background of the study, statement of the problems, objectives of the study, hypothesis, Research questions, delimitations of study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, chapter two is the review of related with literature review and it includes review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, and conceptual framework of the study. Likewise, chapter three is the methodology of the study that deals with the research design, population and sample, sampling procedures, tools for data collection, process of data collection and data analysis and interpretation procedures. Similarly, chapter four is about the result and discussion of the study. Finally, chapter five deals with the Conclusions and implications in policy, practice and further research level.