Effectiveness of Pairwork in Teaching Grammar
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Department of Education English
Abstract
This study entitled “Effectiveness of Pairwork in Teaching Grammar” aims at
determining pairwork technique’s effectiveness in teaching grammar. The main objective
of this research is to find out the effectiveness of pairwork technique in teaching tense in
grade nine. Thirty student of grade nine studying at Shree Suryodaya Secondary School,
Gulmi, were the sample population of this work. The researcher was involved in the
experimental teaching for the purpose of carrying out the research. The test (pre-test and
post test)were the major tools for data collection. A pre-test was administered before
actual class room teaching and a post-test was administered immediately after classroom
teaching. The students were ranked from first to the thirtieth position on the basis of the
results of the pre test. They were divided into two groups on the basis of odd-even
ranking of individual scores. Then, one group (Group A) was taught through pairwork
technique whereas another group (Group B) was taught through lecture technique. Each
attended twenty eighth lessons. Then a post test was taken. After that the results of these
two tests were compared to determine the effectiveness of pairwork technique in teaching
tense. The findings of the study showed that pairwork technique is the motivating and
effective technique in the field of English tense teaching.
Chapter one consists of brief introduction of related area of the study. It includes
objectives, significance of the study and definition of specific terms. Chapter two deals
with the methodology adopted during the study. Chapter three consists of analysis and
interpretation of the data. The data have been mainly analyzed and interpreted on the
basis of difference between the average score (in percentage) of each group in the pre-test
and post test. The group with a higher increment (in percentage) has been considered
better. The analysis has been done under the following categories:1) Holistic comparison
2) Item wise comparison. Chapter four comprises findings and recommendations of the
study.