Proficiency of Primary Level English Teachers in Essay writing

Abstract

This research entitled ‘Proficiency of Primary Level English Teachers in Essay writing’ is an attempt to find out teachers’ proficiency of government aided schools of Gulmi district in essay writing. The main objective of the study was to find out the essay writing proficiency of primary English teachers. The researcher used both primary and secondary sources of data. The primary data was collected from the thirty primary level English teachers of government aided school of Gulmi district by administrating test items. The samples were selected through purposive non-random sampling procedure. The test items were prepared to collect the data. The collected data were measured, marked and tabulated systematically. The data were analyzed and interpreted on the basis of the tabulated data in accordance with the set objectives. The finding showed that the teachers’ performance was not excellent. They were found to be very good. This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter introduces the study in terms of background of the study, statement of problems, objectives of the study, research questions, significance and delimitation of the study. The second chapter deals with review of related literature and conceptual framework, review of empirical literature, implications of review for the study. The third chapter includes the methods and the procedure of the study which is subcategorized as the design and the method of study, population , sample and sample strategy, study area, data collection tools and techniques, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures. The fourth chapter includes analysis and interpretation of results of the test items. The fifth chapter is the conclusion and recommendation of the study in which policy related level, practice related level and further researcher related level have been included. The final section of the study includes references and appendices.