Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions towards Textbook Adaptation

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This study entitled Teachers’ and Students’ Perceptions towards Textbook Adaptation was conducted to find out the perceptions of English teachers and students towards textbook adaptation. The population of this study consisted of all the English teachers teaching compulsory English in class 11 and all the students studying in the same level in different schools of Kathmandu valley. Fifteen teachers and 15 students were selected as sample by using purposive non- random sampling procedure. Both primary and secondary sources of data were utilized to collect required information. The primary sources of data were collected from teachers and students of various schools and colleges of Kathmandu valley. The separate questionnaire for teachers and students were used as the tools of data collection which included close ended as well as open ended questions. Information obtained from these tools was discussed and analyzed descriptively following mix method approach. Results of the study revealed that teachers and students both have positive perceptions towards textbook adaptation; teachers adapt textbook when they find it not matching the teaching context to satisfy the learners' needs, interests and to address the cultural gap. Students also like their teachers' textbook adaptation because it makes them easy to learn satisfying their needs, contextualizing the texts in their context and making up the weaknesses of the textbook. This thesis consists of five chapters. Chapter one is an introductory part which includes background of study, statement of problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Chapter two consists of review of related theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implication of review for the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, chapter three is methods and procedure of the study which includes design of the study, population sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of data, data collection procedure, data analysis procedure and ethical considerations. Similarly, Chapter four incorporates analysis of data and interpretation of results on the basis of the perceptions of teachers and students. Finally, the last chapter deals with findings conclusion and recommendations. The overall discussion is followed by references and appendices.