The Effectiveness of Drill Techniques in Teaching Vocabulary at Grade Viii

Abstract

This research study entitledThe Effectiveness of Drill Technique inTeachingVocabulary at Grade VIIIaims to find out the effectiveness of drill in teachingvocabulary in terms of spelling, pronunciation, meaning and grammar. To fulfill thisobjectives one secondary level schoolShree Nrisingh Higher Secondary School, PipraMath, Birgunj, Parsa was sampled through purposive non-random samplingprocedure. The research was mainly based on primary sources of data. The sample size of the study consisted of 46 students of eighth grade. As it was an experimental research the students were divided into experimental group and control group. The required data were collected by giving pre-test and post-test item. The same test items were used for both the tests. Arrange the jumbled words meaningfully etc. Both groups were taught the same subject matter. The only difference was the experimental group was taught using drill technique whereas controlled group was taught with out using drill. From this study it was found that the experimental group did better progress than the controlled group. So it clarifies that teaching vocabulary applying drill technique is more effective than teaching vocabulary without using drill. This study has been divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the general background of vocabulary and drill technique. It also consists objectives of the study,significance of the study and limitations of the study. Second chapter deals with the methodology, sources of data, population sampling procedure, tools of data collection and the process of data collection. The third chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the collected data and chapter four reveals findings and recommendations of the research work. Some necessary references and appendices are mentioned at the end