An Attitudinal Study: A Case of English Sounds and Structures (Eng.Ed.302)

Abstract

This study entitled “An Attitudinal Study: A Case of English Sounds and Structures (Eng.Ed.302)” is an attempt to find out the attitudes of the students and the teachers towards the course 'English Sounds and Structures' (Eng.Ed.302) prescribed for the students of B.Ed. 1st year majoring in English. The researcher selected 60 students of B.Ed. 2nd year majoring in English, ten from each six different campuses of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Surkhet districts, and 15 teachers teaching the course at different campuses of Kathmandu, Bhaktapur, Lalitpur, Surkhet and Kailali districts. Two sets of questionnaire consisting both the open-ended and closed-ended questions, one each for the students and the teachers were provided in order to collect their attitudes towards the course. On the basis of the collected data, the attitudes of the students and the teachers were determined, analyzing, and tabulating the data. The main findings of the study show that the course has both strong and weak aspects. The strong aspects are more then the weaker ones. As a whole, the students and the teachers have positive attitudes towards the course. The researcher found that the course English Sounds and Structures (Eng. Ed. 302) has been quite useful. This course helps the students to learn English language comprehensively. It is very practical, useful and encourages the students for active participation in classroom activities. The study consists of four chapters. Chapter one deals with the introduction. It consists of general background of the study, review of the related literature, objectives of the study, significance of the study and definition of the specific terms. Chapter two introduces the methodology adopted for the study. It incorporates sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools of data collection, process of data collection and the limitations of the study. Chapter three consists of analysis and interpretation the data. The responses of both open-ended and closed-ended questions of both the sets of questionnaire are analyzed and interpreted separately. The responses of open-ended items are discussed descriptively and analytically. While analyzing the responses of closed-ended items, the number of the sample population for each response is counted and the numbers is changed into percentage to assess the views of the respondents. Chapter four incorporates findings and recommendations. On the basis of the analysis and interpretation, some significant findings are enlisted. Recommendations for pedagogical implications and for further research are also made on the basis of the findings of the study and the experience of the researcher while conducting the research. References consulted while carrying out this research and the appendices are enlisted respectively after this chapter.