Strategies of classroom management used by secondary level english teachers

Abstract

The present study entitled“ Strategies of Classroom Management Used bySecondary Level English Teachers”was an attempt to find out commonstrategies of Classroom Management and to point out the teachers’ opinions about classroom management. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used during the study. For primary data,nine Secondary Level Englishteachers from government-aided schools were selected from Syangja district asthe sample and four classes of each teacher were observed with the help ofclassroom observation checklist and a set of questionnaires was distributed to the selected teachers to draw their opinions on classroom managerial problems.The data collected from both tools were analysed and interpreted usingdifferent statistical tools. After the analysis, it was found that textbook,interaction (teacher-student), and questioning technique were most effectivelyused. It was also found that clarity of voice, appropriate use of gesture, eyecontact with the students, skill of using teaching aids, chalkboard using,motivation, useof rewards and punishment, treatment for bullying nature ofstudents, classroom discipline management, discussion with the colleagues andpraise were more effectively used strategies whereas group work and pairwork, use of mother tongue and interaction (student-student) were lesseffectively used strategies. Planning for lesson was the least effectively usedstrategy in the class room. This study consists of four chapters: chapter one starts of the general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study and its significance. Chapter two deals with methodology which consists of sources ofdata, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools and process of data collection, and limitations of the study. Likewise, chapter three consists ofanalysis and interpretation of the raw data with the help of percentage, tables and diagrams. Finally, the last chapter deals with the findings and recommendations of the study.