Use of Learner-Centered Techniques by Secondary Level English Teachers

Abstract

The present study entitled Use of Learner-Centered Techniques by Secondary Level English Teacher is an attempt to identify and find out learner-centered techniques used in teaching language skills and aspects by secondary level teachers of English and suggest some pedagogical implications. In order to collect the data, the primary and secondary sources were used. Ten teachers of English and fifty students of grade IX and X at secondary school of Jhapa district were involved as informants in this study. The main tools for data collection were observation check-list and interview. The teachers were requested to permit to observe their classroom teaching and students were interviewed. The raw data obtained from them were analyzed and interpreted descriptively. After analysis and interpretation of the data, it was found that teachers had used learner-centered techniques like pair work, group work, discussions and pictures as supplementary materials. The present study consists of four chapters. The first chapter deals with general background, objectives and significance of the study and review of related literature. Chapter two deals with the methodology of the study which consists of data, the sampling procedure, the tools for data collection, process of data collection and the limitations of the study. The third chapter includes the analysis and interpretation of the data obtained from the field. The last, fourth chapter has the findings and recommendations of the study in which some pedagogical implications have been recommended to better the findings of this study as well as to strengthen such further studies.