Listening Proficiency of Sixth Grade Students
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Central department of English Education
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The thesis entitled "Listening proficiency of Sixth Grade Students" is dealt
with the listening proficiency of grade six students of Kathmandu valley as a
whole. In order to carry out this research, I collected data from government- aided and private schools from the students studying in Kathmandu valley. The
total sample population of the study consisted of 40 students who were selected
by using non-random judgemental sampling procedure. I used a test as a main
tool which comprised of three types of test items based on ‘Our English Book
Grade Six.’ The tests were designed to test the listening proficiency in word,
phrase and sentence levels. The total number of test items was 30, each test
items carrying 2 score. The scores obtained by the students were tabulated on
the basis of the objectives specified. The findings of the study show that the
average listening proficiency of the sixth graders is 63.45 per cent. The study
shows that the students of private schools are far more proficient than those of
government-aided schools where the students of government-aided school have
obtained 72 per cent in listening word, phrase and sentence as a whole, the
students of public school have obtained 54.91 per cent only. Similarly, in word,
phrase and sentence level, I could not find vast difference in listening
proficiency between girls and boys where boys obtained 63.25 per cent and
girls obtained 63.66 per cent. I found equal proficiency in word and phrase i.e.
73.5 per cent and 72.25 per cent. But they have least proficiency in listening
sentence i.e. 44.62 per cent only.
The study consists of four chapters. Chapter one deals with general
background, review of related literature, objectives of the study and
significance of the study. Chapter two deals with methodology. It consists of
sources of data, sampling population and procedure, tools for data collection,
procedure of data collection and limitation of the study. Chapter three deals
with analysis and interpretation of the data. The data has been analyzed under
grammatical units, gender and school-wise comparison. Chapter four deals
with findings and recommendations on the basis of the findings.