Using Native Language in ELT Classroom: A Study on Perception
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Department of English Education
Abstract
This research work entitled ‘Using Native Language in ELT Classroom: A Study on Perception’ has been carried out to find out the purpose of using native language in ELT classroom, its advantages and disadvantages and to digout the perceptions of teachers and students of secondary level regarding the
use of native language in ELT classroom. The researcher used purposive non random sampling procedures
to select twenty secondary level English language teachers and fifty students of grade nine and ten from Panchthar district.Two sets of questionnaire were used to gather the teachers' and students' perceptions.
The data
collected
from
the respondents
were
analyzed
and
interpreted
to
meet
the
objectives
of
the study.
It
was found
that
the
students
used
their
native
language
to
ask questions
and
put their problems
to their
teachers.
On
the other
hand,
the
teachers
used
it
for
cultural translation
and for
breaking
the
monotony
of
the students. Moreover,
it
was perceived
that
native
language
was
used to
find
out the main
idea
of
the text
in shorter
time
but it
hindered
developing
communicative
competence
in
the
target
language
on
the
part
of
learners.
This
study
is
divided
into
five
chapters. Chapter
one deals with
introduction.
It
consists
of
background
of
the study,
statement
of
the problem,
objectives
of
the
study,
significance
of
the study,
delimitations
of
the
study
and operational
definitions
of
the key
terms.
Second
chapter
deals
with the
review
of
related
literatures
and
conceptual
framework.
Likewise,
third chapter
includes
the
methods
and
procedures
of
the study.
It consists
of
population
and
the
sample
of
the study,
sampling
procedures,
tools
for
data
collection,
data collection
procedures
and
data analysis
and interpretation
procedures.
The fourth
chapter
deals
with the
results
and
discussions
of
the collected
data.
Similarly,
the
collected
data
were
described,
analyzed
and interpreted
descriptively.
Finally,
the
last chapter
deals
with
the summary,
conclusion
and interpretation
on the
basis
of
analyses
and
interpretation
done.