The Programme‘English by Radio’and its Role in Developing Teachers’ English Language Skills

Abstract

The present research study is entitled The Programme‘ English by Radio’and its Role in Developing Teachers’ English Language Skills. The main objective of this research was to find out the contributions of radio training to develop teachers’ language skills at primary level in terms of listening and speaking skills, language teaching and learning, and professional development.I selected forty primary level English language teachers of Kathmandu district and those who listened programme ‘English by Radio’ which was conductedby Nepal English Language Teachers Association (NELTA). I applied non random (judgmental) sampling procedure to select data for my study. The findings of the research are based on the contributions of radio training programme. This study is conclude that training programme was very practical and highly helpful for language development and teaching learning. Step wise instruction for training, different methods and techniques used for presentation has highly positive aspect. Therefore, English by Radio teacher training programme was useful and effective for foreign language teachers. This study consists of five major chapters. The first chapter deals with the general background, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance and delimitations of the study and operational definitions of key terms. The second chapter includes the review of the related literature. The third chapter presents methodology adopted to carry out this research work. The fourth chapter presents the analysis and interpretation of the collected data. The fifth chapter includes findings and recommendations madeup on the analysis and interpretations of the data. Finally, references and appendices are cited in the concluding chapters.