The Use of English in School Premises

Abstract

This thesis has been prepared to identify and analyze the data which have beencollected from the school premises, to find out the situations on which theEnglish language is used and the accuracy and appropracy of language used byanalyzing and interpreting the speech events and to list some pedagogicalimplications and recommendations on the basis of findings of the study. Theprincipal aims of this study were to observe the situations in which English wasused in the school premises and to analyze the accuracy and appropriacy oflanguage used. For this, 40 speech events were collected from two privateschool students of Tanahun district. As the research tool, non-participantobservation was used.From the study it was found out that the students mostfrequently used English when they were under the supervision of their teacherssuch as; before the school assembly. The most frequent language functionsused by them were greetings, seeking conformation, asking for information andrequesting respectively. It was also found that the students used much accurateand appropriate speech events when the teachers were present around them. This thesis contains altogether four chapters. Chapter one deals with theintroduction. It consists of general background under which different languageskills are included. Then overview of ELT approaches and methods, ELT inNepal, English in modern world, focus on communication within this speechevents and communicative functions are dealt. Then English in schoolpremises, culture of private school, review of related literature, objective andsignificance of the study are given. Chapter two deals with methodology. Itincorporates sources of data, sampling procedure, tools of data collection,population of the study, process of data collection and limitation of the study.Chapter three consists of analysis and interpretation of the required data. Thedata was analyzed and interpreted descriptively. This chapter includes thecontextual use of English, functional analysis and accuracy and appropriacy ofthe speech events. Chapter four presents findings of the study andrecommendations.