An Analysis of Speaking Test Materials Used in Slc Examination

Abstract

The present thesis entitled “An Analysis of Speaking Test Materials Used in SLC Examination” attempts to analyze the speaking test materials in term of their difficulty level, equivalence, content and appropriacy. To limit its horizon, the study was focused to analyze the content, appropriacy, difficulty level and equivalence of speaking test materials used in the SLC examination of 2066 B.S. Grade ten students and the English language teachers were the primary sources of data and as secondary sources of data different books, journals, related theses and grid of SLC examination were used. Only forty students and ten teachers from Bhaktapur district were non- randomly sampled for the study. Uses of questionnaires, sound recorder, interview and observation were made as the tools of data collection. The researcher administered a test with the class X students using the selected materials. He also provided questionnaires to the students and teachers to accumulate data. It was found that the content or the materials used in the SLC spoken test were not appropriate and they were with no equal difficulty level. This thesis consists of four chapters. The first chapter is an introductory chapter; it includes the general background and review of the related literature, objectives and significance of the study. The second chapter is methodology, which reflects the detailed way of how the research was carried out. It includes sources of data (primary and secondary), population of study, sample population of study, tools and process of data collections and limitations of the study. The chapter three is related with analysis and interpretation of data. This chapter is divided into three sections. The section 1 deals with the students’ scores obtained in the speaking test. Similarly, section 2 and 3 deal with the information given by students and teachers through questionnaires. The final chapter i.e. the fourth chapter deals with the findings and recommendations of the study followed by references and appendices.