Teachers’ Experiences and Beliefs on the Role of Using Multimedia in Teaching and Learning English

Abstract

This present study entitled“Teachers’ Experiences and Beliefs on the Role of Using Multimedia in Teaching and Learning English”aimed at exploring the experiences of teacher sonusing multimedia in ELT classrooms and role of multimedia in ELT classrooms.Under qualitative research design,narrative inquiry was used in this study.The study was carried out among four English teachers of Baglung District.The sample of this study was selected through the use of purposive sampling strategy.The data were collected through semi-structured interview and written narratives.It was found from the study that audio,video,and animated content for teaching language made the classrooms effective.Use of multimedia made the classroom slivelier than traditional method.In this study,the findings also showed that using multimedia content in classrooms improved the teachers' efficiency of the content.In addition,the use of multimedia raised interest among the students,heightened understanding level,created an environment for language learning,improved interaction between the teacher and students.It was proved that multimedia was necessary for teaching and learning activities. This study consists of five chapters. The first chapter is introductory in nature. It includes 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. The second chapter deals with the review of related literature, implications of review of the study and conceptual framework. Similarly, the third chapter incorporates the methods and procedures of the study, design of the study,population and sample, sampling procedures, data collection tools, data collection procedures and data analysis and interpretation procedures. Chapter four discusses the results and discussions/interpretation,where the last chapter comprises findings, conclusion and recommendations of the study in brief.References and appendices are included at the last part of this thesis.