English Language Teaching Learningstrategies in Montessorischools

Abstract

The present research work entitled “English Language TeachingLearning Strategies in Montessori Schools” is an effort to find out theteaching strategiesappliedinMontessori Schoolsof Lalitpur District.Thepurpose of this research is to figure how the principles of the Montessorieducation have been applied in the schools of Lalitpur district. Thisresearch is projected to diagnose the English languageteachingstrategiesprevailing in Montessori schools. The main tools that the researcher used are questionnaires forteachers and classroom observation forms while observing class andstructured interview with thePrincipals. Thirty one different questionswere set up to fill up by two different teachers from each school. Theresearcher herself observed the classroom of teachers of different school.On the basis of the collected data, early childhood English teachinglearning strategies of Montessori schools was determined using simplechart table. The main findings of the study are: teaching learning strategies ofMontessori Method can give better result in spite of the traditionalapproach.Montessori schools are playing a vital role for early childhoodeducation and in the pre-primary section by following the MontessoriMethod. The study consists of four chapters. Chapter one deals with generalbackground of the research study, the aim of the research, review ofrelated literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. Chapter two deals with methodology whichincludes sources of data,sampling population and procedure, tools for data collection, process ofdata collection and limitations of the study. 8 Chapter three includes analysis and interpretation of the data. Thedata were analyzed on the basis of variables that were specified in theobjectives. Chapter four consists of the major findings and recommendations ofthe study. It also suggests some pedagogical implications.