Proficiency in Using English Phrasal Verbs: A Case of Tharu and Nepali Speakers

Abstract

The present study entitled “Proficiency in using English phrasal Verbs: A case of Tharu and Nepali Speakers” is an attempt of the researcher to find out the achievement of Tharu speaking students and Nepali speaking students in the use of phrasal verb. For this purpose primary data were obtained from the Tharu speaking students and Nepali speaking students studying at grade nine in Western Nawalparasi district. The English text books of grade nine were the main sources of secondary data for this study. Other secondary sources were related books, journals, articles, and websites etc. The students were provided with test items containing; matching items, fill in the blanks, multiple choice items and sentence making. First of all, I divided the students into two groups:Tharu speaking students and Nepali speaking students and randomly selected ten Tharu speaking students and ten Nepali speaking students from each selected five schools.Then, I analyzed their responses and compared their achievement on the basis of percentage of correct responses and marks obtained into five levels: excellent level, goodlevel, satisfactory level, less satisfactory level and poor level. It was found that the Tharu speaking students’ proficiency in the use of phrasal verbs was weaker than that of Nepali speaking students. This study consists of four chapters. The first chapter introduces the general background,importance of phrasal verbs, review of related literature, objectives of the study,significance of the study and definitions of the specific terms.The second chapter deals with methodology adopted during the research which, in turn, consists of sources of data,population of the study, tools and process of data collection and limitation of study. The third chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the obtained data and the final chapter deals with the findings and recommendations of the study.