An analysis of compulsory English textbook of grade eleven

Abstract

This study entitled ‘An Analysis of Compulsory English Textbook of Grade Eleven’ is a descriptive one in which the researcher has conducted survey research on textbook analysis of compulsory English prescribed for grade eleven. The main objectives of this study were to find out the extent to which textbook matches the needs of students and to measure the appropriateness of the textbook for the grade eleven students on the basis of contents and the tasks. All the teachers teaching Compulsory English textbook of Grade Eleven were the population of my study. The sample size of this study was fifty teachers of English from Janakpur area for the questionnaire and ten veteran English teachers (at least who has 10 years of teaching experience) using non-random sampling procedure. The researcher used questionnaire, interview and textbook analysis as tools to collect data. The obtained data were analyzed using simple statistics method in percentage (%). The qualitative data were analyzed descriptively. The findings of this study were: as per the participants’ responses, the textbook very well matches the needs of the students and the textbook is appropriate too for the students of grade eleven on the basis of contents and tasks as the contents are from very wide range and area and 80 percent of the respondents agreed on it. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Whereas, second chapter incorporates the review of related theoretical literature, implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. On the other hand, the third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of this study. Similarly, fourth chapter encompasses analysis and interpretation of data. Finally, fifth chapter deals with findings, summary, conclusion and recommendations of the study. And, in the final section, references and appendices are included.