Challenges faced by secondary level Bajjika speking students in learning English language
Date
2023
Authors
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Department of English Education
Abstract
aimed to identify the difficulties experienced by Bajjika students when learning the
English language. A survey research design under qualitative descriptive method was
employed for this investigation. A purposive non-random sampling method was
utilized to select a sample of eighty Bajjika students studying in secondary-level
(Grade 10) at four different schools in Sarlahi district. In this research, questionnaires
and semi-structured interviews served as the primary data collection tools. The
questionnaire data were statistically analyzed, while the data obtained from the semistructured
interviews
were
subjected
to both descriptive
and
thematic
analysis.
Upon
examining
the
data
and
interpreting
the results,
it
was
evident
that Bajjika
students
encountered
challenges
in
areas
such
as
vocabulary,
spelling,
grammar,
and
pronunciation
during their
English
language
learning
journey.
Additionally,
mother
tongue
interference
was
observed
in their
pronunciation
of English.
The study consists of five chapters. The first chapter deals with general
background, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions,
significance of the study, delimitations of the study and the operational definitions of
the key terms. The second chapter deals with the review of the theoretical and
empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual
framework of the study. Likewise, the third chapter deals with the methodology
adopted for the study which includes design of the study, population, sample and
sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedures and data
analysis and interpretation procedure of the study. The fourth chapter deals with the
analysis and the interpretation of the collected data descriptively and using simple
statistical tool i.e., percentage. Similarly, the fifth chapter presents the findings based
on the analysis and interpretation of the data, including conclusion derived from the
findings and recommendations in policy related, practice related and further research
related level. This chapter is also followed by references and appendices.
Description
Keywords
English language, Bajjika students