Attitudes of Primary English Teachers Towards English Teachers Training

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to find out the Primary Englishteachers’ attitudes towards English teachers training in Primary level. Theresearcher used a set of questionnaire consisting of objectives and subjectivequestions in order to collect the required information from the selectedteachers, trainers and RPs. The researcher randomly selected 25 teachersfrom primary level, 10 RPs, 2 trainers from Kaski and 3 trainers fromTanahun district ETC center. The researcher visited forty different informants with the help of headteachers and training coordinators. The data collected from the informantswere analyzed and interpreted to determine teacher’s attitudes towardstraining. It was found that they are highly positive towards English training.They think communicative and learner centered methods of Englishteachers’ training are appropriate to them. They have positive attitudestoward the evaluation system within the training period but they havenegative attitudes toward the evaluation system after the training. The thesis consists of four chapters. Chapter One includes the introductionof the study in terms of general background, review of related literature, andobjectives of the study and significance of the study. Chapter Two deals with methodology applied to carry out the researchwork. It consists of sources of data, sample population, sampling procedure,and tools for the data collection, process of data collection and limitations ofthe study. Chapter Three presents analyses and interpretation of data. In this sectionboth statistical tools and descriptive approaches have been adopted. Chapter Four deals with the findings, recommendations and pedagogicalimplications of the study. The findings have been outlined on the basis ofthe data and appropriate recommendations and pedagogical Implications arepresented. The references and appendices are kept in the concluding part ofthe thesis.