Perception of Med English Students on Exam Focused Printed Materials

Abstract

The present study entitled “Perception of M. Ed. English Students on Exam Focused Printed Materials” was carried out to find out perception of the students towards guides, guess papers and solution books prepared for the course ‘Phonetics and Phonology’. To find out perception of the students, I used two sets of questionnaire. Data collected from informants were tabulated and analyzed applying simple statistical tools i.e. tables, bar diagram and pie- chart. From the collected data, I found that exam focused printed materials i.e. guides, guess papers and solution books were useful especially only for the students who did not take classes regularly or those students who could not manage proper time for their study. Moreover, most of the students were found using such material to identify ways of starting and ending of questions. But the students were not satisfied with the quality of materials i.e. typing, printing, completeness of information, authenticity of information and paper quality. The students suggested their friends to consult authentic materials rather to depend upon guess papers and guides. Furthermore, the informants suggested writers and producers of the materials to improve the level of standard although majority of the students were against the role of guides and guess papers on students exam preparation. This thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter one consists of general background, review of related literature, objectives and significance of the study. Chapter two consists of methodology adapted in course of study i.e. both primary and secondary sources of data, sampling population and sampling procedures, process of data collection, tools for data collection and limitations of the study. Chapter three presents analysis and interpretations of the data obtained through primary sources. Similarly, chapter four contains findings and recommendations which are derived with the help of analysis and interpretation of data. References and appendices are also included at the end of this work to make more valid.