The Techniques of Teaching Reading Atlower Secondary Level

Abstract

The present thesis entitled “The Techniques of Teaching Reading atLower Secondary Level” aims to find out the techniques used in teachingreading. For this purpose, thirty teachers teaching English in different publicschools in Surkhet District were selected. The schools and teachers wereselected through non-random sampling procedure. The questionnaire and observation forms were the tools of collectingprimary data. After collecting the questionnaire and observing classes, datahave been analyzed and interpreted statistically and descriptively. The findings of the study have shown that most of the teachers presenta model reading and students are involved in reading activities after theteachers’ reading. Student reading was found to be the common practice inreading classes. This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter One introduces the studywith its general background i.e. language teaching, language skills, thereading skills, skills in teaching reading, types of reading, review of relatedliterature, objectives and significance of the study. Similarly, Chapter Two deals with the methodology of the study. Itcomprises of sources of data, population of the study, sample population,sampling procedure, tools and process of data collection and limitations ofthe study. Chapter Three deals with analysis and interpretation of the datausingdifferent tables including their descriptions. Chapter Four consists of findings and some pedagogical implicationsof the study. References and appendices are given. The appendix section includesresearch tools and other information.