Reading Comprehension Proficiency of Secondary Level Students in English

Abstract

This research study entitled "Reading Comprehension Proficiency of Secondary Level Students in English" has been carried out to find out the proficiency

of secondary level students in English and compare their proficiency in terms

of informant-oriented variables: male students vs. female students and seen text

vs. unseen text.

The major tools for data collection were the test items, containing subjective (short answer question) and objective test items (completion,

ordering, true / false and matching)

for the students of eastern part of Tehrathum district, Aatharai Rural Municipality.

For this target goal the researcher

selected the secondary level students to collect the data as the sample

population fifty students from three different secondary level community

schools. The collected data were tabulated based on the test items and test type

and analyzed in terms of mean (average) and differences in percentage. Their

same answer was also analyzed quantitatively. The result based on the gender,

mean score of female students are bit better than male students and on the text

type, students' performance is better in seen text than unseen text.

This thesis has been divided into five chapters. Chapter one is an introducing chapter. This chapter contains background of the study, statement of the problems, objectives, research questions, significance of the study and delimitations. Chapter two deals with review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of review for the study and conceptual framework of

the research. Likewise chapter three deals with methodology adapted to carry

out the research. It consists of data collection, sampling, procedure, tools, and

process of data collection. Chapter four consists of result and interpretation of

data. Then chapter five consists of major findings recommendations followed

by reference and appendices