The Effectiveness of Discussion Technique in Teaching Poetry

Abstract

This research is the study of “The Effectiveness of Discussion Technique in Teaching Poetry” which tries to find out the effectiveness of discussion technique in teaching poetry. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used while carrying out this research work. All the data were collected through the text item prepared for pre-test and post-test. For the primary sources of data, thirty students of Grade 10 of Joseph Boarding school of Kapan were selected by using simple random sampling procedure. The experimental group was taught by using discussion technique and the controlled group was taught using this technique. From this study it is found that the discussion technique was necessary in teaching poetry. The use of discussion technique helped to enhance the level of understanding of what Students read. While teaching poetry the teacher discusses about the topic, picture and signpost questions as well. This thesis includes four chapters. The first chapter deals with the introduction of the study. The introduction consists of general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study and signification of study. The second chapter mainly concerned with the methodology used in this study, Source of data collection, population of study, sampling procedure, tools of data collection, process of data collection and limitation of study. Similarly the third chapter of this study consists of the analysis and interpretation data. The fourth chapter includes findings and recommendation. Finally, the reference and appendices which are necessary for the validations of the research are also presented.