Teachers’ perception on the use of first language in ELT classes
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2024
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This research work entitled ‘Teachers’ Perception on the use of First Language in
ELT Classes’ has been carried out to find out the purpose to explore the teachers’
perception on the use of first language in ELT classes. The researcher used simple
random sampling procedures to select thirty communities school level English
language teachers from Laligurans Municipality of Tehrathum district. Five point
Likert’s scale questionnaire were used to gather the teachers’ perceptions. The data
collected from the respondents were analyzed and interpreted to meet the objectives
of the study. It was found that the teachers identify their linguistic background of
students. On the other hand, if students cannot express themselves in English however
can express themselves in their First Language, it should be facilitated. Moreover, it
was perceived that teaching become effective through the creation and collection of a
wide range of educational materials, learning activities focus in group and pair work
and to make the classroom environment inclusive.
The study is divided into five chapters. Chapter one deals with introduction. It
consists of background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study,
research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and definitions
of the key terms. Second chapter deals with the review of conceptual literature,
review of empirical findings, review of related theory, implications of the study and
conceptual framework. Likewise, third chapter includes the methods and procedures
of the study. It consists of data collection tool and method, research site, participants,
data collection procedures and data analysis procedures. The fourth chapter deals with
the results and discussions of the collected data. Similarly, the collected data were
described, analyzed and interpreted numerically and descriptively. Finally, the last
chapter deals with the summary, conclusion and the implications of the study
followed by references and appendix.