Teachers’ Perceptions on Using Audio-Materials in Teaching Listening Skills
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This study entitled Teachers’ Perceptions on Using Audio-materials in
Teaching Listening Skills attempted to identify teachers’ perceptions of lower
secondary english teachers on using audio-materials in teaching listening skills
and the problem faced by EFL teachers in teaching listening. In this research,
all the English teachers of lower secondary level were population for this study.
Among them thirty respondents from fifteen different private schools of
Kathmandu valley were sampled. I used random sampling procedure to select
the sample. A set of questionnaires consisting of both close-ended and openended
questions was used as a data collection tool. The data were analyzed and
interpreted using simple statistical tools such as percentage and tables. After
completing my research, it has been found that audio-materials seem an
interactive teaching aids. It develops students’ pronunciation, communication,
confidence and habit of listening. Students seem happy, energetic, and eager to
have listening class at lower secondary level.
This thesis consists of five chapters. The first chapter is an introductory
chapter. It includes background of the study, statements of the problem,
objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study,
delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The
second chapter deals with the reviews of the theoretical literature, review of
related imperical literature implications of the reviews for the study and
conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with methodology and
procedure of the study which incorporates design and method of the study,
population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data
collection procedures, data analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical
considerations. The fourth chapter deals with the analysis of data and
interpretation of results. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using
tables. The fifth chapter presents the findings, conclusion and
recommendations of this research.