Teachers' Percpetion towards Tasks Given in The Textbook New Generation English

Abstract

The research entitled "Teachers' Perception towards the Use of Tasks Given in the Textbook "New Generation English" attempts to find out the teachers' perception towards the use of tasks given in the textbook. For this purpose, the researcher collected data from the teachers teaching at different colleges of Kathmandu district by distributing a set of questionnaire. The total number of teachers were 40, where 20 teachers were selected from government-aided colleges and 20 teachers were selected from private colleges. The data collected from the respondents were analyzed and interpreted to explore their perceptions towards the use of tasks given in the course book English for New Generation. According to the data collected from the respondents, teachers were familiar with the tasks given in the course. Similarly, they also opined that teachers' training is necessary to make effective use of tasks in teaching English in the context of Nepal. They also viewed that different factors like large class, untrained teachers, limited teaching materials, lack of library facilities, English as an academic barrier affect in the use of tasks in the classroom. This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one consists of general background, review of related literature, objectives, significance of the study, review of related literature and some definitions of the specific terms. In the same way chapter two deals with the methodology of the study. It encompasses the sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools for data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three is concerned with the analysis and interpretation of the collected data. The data were tabulated and analyzed on the basis of collected information. Chapter four consists of the major findings and recommendation made after the analysis of the data which follows references and appendices.