Participation of Dalit Students in ELT Classroom Interaction

Abstract

This research work entitled, "Participation of Dalit students in ELT Classroom Interaction" is an attempt to analyze and describe Dalit students’ participation in ELT classroom interaction. In this study, I have explored Dalit students’ participation in ELT classroom interaction. It is a quantitative study based on the multi- method approaches- descriptive and narrative analysis. The required data were collected by using questionnaires for teachers and Dalit students and an observation checklist form. The total samples were forty Dalit students, four English teachers teaching at four government secondary schools. The reveals show that the participation of Dalit students in ELT classroom interaction is low and passive. It also shows that communication is the key of success. I observed eight English classes of four English teachers. The teachers and non Dalit students did not treat Dalit students in the way they treat others. This study consists of four chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction to the research which includes introduction, general background, review of the literature, objectives and significant of the study. Chapter two deals with the methodology adopted for the study in terms of sources of data, population of the study, sampling procedure, tools and process of data collection and limitation of the study. Similarly, chapter three contains the analysis and interpretation of the data collected from informants. Finally, chapter four summarizes the findings of the study and suggests for recommendations.