Proficiency in the Use of Prepositions by Grade Ten Students

Abstract

The thesis entitled Proficiency in The use of Prepositions by Grade Ten Students is a practical study which deals with the topic itself. This thesis attempts to find out the Proficiency of Grade Ten Students in the use of prepositions and compare the level of proficiency in terms of School, area and sex. To carry out this research, 80 students(20 from each school) studying in two public schools two private schoolsof Kathmandu district were selected randomly. For collecting data, a setof test items consisting seven items was developed and administered tothe students. The students were intended to fill the gaps and describe thegiven pictures. The answer sheets were cheeked carefully and data wereanalyzed and interpreted using simple statistical tools of average andpercentage and descriptive method. The present study was limited withintwenty-five prepositions used in grad mine English textbook. By this study it was found that the government school studentscommitted more errors than the private school students. Amonggovernment school students, the rural government school students areweaker than the urban government school students. While comparing therural government school students, the girls' proficiency was the poorestone. This thesis consists of four chapters: Introduction, Methodology,Analysis and Interpretation and Findings and Recommendations. The first chapter includes the introduction part of the thesis. Itincludes ten sub topics. The second chapter deals with the methodology adopted during thestudy which consists eight sub-headings. Chapter third deals with the analysis and interpretation of the data.The fourth chapter comprises the findings and recommendations which are divided into two sub-chapters. The final part of this the sisincludes the bibliography and appendices. Date: 2063-08-06 Narayan Prasad Ammai