Role and Impact of EMI in Public Schools

Abstract

This study entitled ‘Role and Impact of EMI in Public Schools’is an attempt to find out the role and impact of EMI in public school. The design of the study was case study. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used to achieve the objectives of the study.A public school of KachanKawal Rural Municipality of Jhapa district was the sample and the sample population was the headmaster, teachers and ten students of that school.I used non-random simple purposive sampling to elicit required data. Interview, class observation and documentation review were the main tools of data collection. Incensement of the students, prestige, competitive in institutional market, new technology access and friendly, quality education, active participation of parents and development of English language proficiency were the major roles of EMI in that school. Both the teachers and students are positive and EMI has positive impact on public schools where as the students having low language proficiency has negative impact on them. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter encompasses introduction of the study. It incorporates the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study,delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Similarly,chapter two deals with the review of related theoretical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter presents the design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, study area, data collection tools and techniques, sources of data, data collection procedure, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical consideration. The fourth chapter consists of the results and discussion and fifth chapter deals with the conclusion and recommendations. The references and appendixes that were used in the thesis follow the fifth chapter.