Challenges faced by Thami students in learning English

Abstract

The study entitled "Challenges Faced by Thami Students in Learning English" aimed at finding out the problems Thami students faced, while learning English.Survey research design was used for this study.Fifteen students from five schools of Sindhupalchok District were randomly selected for this purpose.This study showed that learning English was important for Thami students for their future professional career. They faced several challenges while learning English. Students never got opportunity to use English at home and in communities. They never experienced English speaking zone. It was found that teachers' language made them difficult to understand and learn the language. Non English teachers were problems they faced in the classroom. Further, mother tongue interference, textbooks and curriculum lack of family support, students poor linguists backgrounds were other problems Thami students faced while learning English. They got opportunity to learn English in the classroom but they felt hesitated to communicate with the teacher and the friends. Their parents supported them for learning English by providing English practice books, dictionaries, magazines, story books. Student-student interaction should be encouraged so that they get adequate time for speaking. The study divided in five different chapters. The first chapter is introduction that includes back ground of the study, statement of the problem, objectives, research questions and limitation. Literature review motioned in the second chapter that included theoretical review, empirical review, and conceptual framework. Like that the third chapter is about research method. In research method research design, source of data, techniques of data collection and data collection procedures are included. Data analysis and presentation mentioned in the fourth chapter and conclusion mentioned in the last chapter.