Professional development of english language teachers in Nepal

Abstract

This study „Professional Development of English Language Teachers in Nepal‟ attempts to explore the existing status of professional development of English language teachers, their experiences, perceptions, inspirations and motivating factors toward professional development along with their expectations for the future development. For this study, 200 teachers teaching English at secondary grades in five ecologically different districts of central region of Nepal viz. Dolakha, Nuwakot, Kathmandu, Chitwan and Sarlahi were randomly selected for the survey data and 20 teachers (one out of every 10 ) were purposively selected for the in-depth information as the sample. In order to generate the relevant data, a set of questionnaire for the teachers and the in-depth interview schedule for the key informants were used as the tools. The generated data have been analyzed applying the mixed method design.