Techniques used in teaching speaking skill at secondary level

Abstract

The current study entitled Techniques Used in Teaching Speaking Skill at Secondary Level is an attempt to find out the extent to which the secondary level ELT teachers use different techniques for teaching Speaking as suggested by Kayi (2006) and to find out their opinions about the techniques of teaching speaking skill. In order to achieve these objectives, eight secondary level English teachers of Rukum district were selected as the sample of the study through purposive non-random sampling procedure. Two classes of each teachers were observed purposively and both the observation checklist and questionnaire were used as data collection tools. The finding of the study shows that out of 12 techniques of teaching speaking; only 10 of them were found being used by the teachers where all of the teachers used the discussion technique. The most used techniques were the brainstorming technique and picture describing. The least used techniques were information gap activity, role play, picture narrating, story-telling activity, interview, story completion activity, and reporting techniques and the rest of the techniques i.e. simulation and find the difference were not found being used by any of the teachers. The majority of the teachers were found not using these techniques well. They were found conducting these techniques on an average. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter encompasses introduction of the study. It incorporates the background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitations of the study and operational definition of the key terms. Similarly, chapter two deals with the review of related theoretical literature, review of related empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter presents the design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, data collection procedures, and data analysis and interpretation procedures. Similarly, chapter four consists of the analysis and interpretation of the results and fifth chapter deals with the findings, conclusion and recommendations. The concluding chapter is followed by the references and appendixes that were used in the thesis.