Problems faced by the teachers while teaching poetry at secondary level
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Department of English Education
Abstract
This study entitled Problems faced by the Teachers While Teaching Poetry at
Secondary Level aimed at exploring the problems faced by secondary level English
teachers in teaching poetry and to suggest some pedagogical implications. The research
followed narrative inquiry research design under qualitative- research approach. Semistructured
interviews
with
five
secondary
level
English
teachers
were
used
as
the
main
research
tool
to collect
the
data.
The
participants
were
purposively
selected
from
five
different
community
schools,
who have
more
than
ten years
teaching
experiences.
The
collected
data
were
interpreted
and
analyzed
thematically
and
descriptively.
The
research
reveals
that
teachers
are
facing
problems
while
teaching
poetry
because
of
the
due
to
lack
of
sufficient
teaching
materials,
mother
tongue
interference,
TPD
training,
sufficient
use
of
techniques
to
teach
poetry,
illiterate
family
background
of
the
students,
translating
poem
into
Nepali
language,
insufficient
knowledge
of
the
figure
of
speech
and
improper
management
of
time
as
well
as
classroom.
This study contains five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study,
statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the
study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of key terms. Similarly, the
second chapter includes review of related literatures i.e. theoretical and empirical,
implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, the third
chapter consists of research methodology under which research design, tools, population,
sample and sampling strategy, study area, data collection procedures and ethical
consideration. Furthermore, the fourth chapter comprises of results and discussions.
Finally, the fifth chapter focuses on conclusion and implications based on the analysis and
interpretation of the data. Finally the references and appendices have also been included.