Female Participation in Question Answer Sessions
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Faculty of English Education
Abstract
The present study entitled, "Female participation in question answer session in
ELT classroom" aims to find out to what extent female students participate in
question answer and difficulties faced by them in doing so. The study is mainly
based on the primary data which was collected from the forty students of grade XI
and four English language teachers teaching in Higher Secondary level of Tanahun
District. The data were collected through structured interview, classroom
teaching/learning observation guide and check-list were also used. It was found
that learning time, text book, separate facilities to female students, manageable
classroom, library have high relation with female participation in question answer
and the frequency of participation in raising question is more by male students and
frequency of answering is more by female students. The data which was collected
by using the observation guide and check list showed that the teacher presented
themselves as an authority in the classroom and still used the lecture method. They
did not give any priority to female students, to illicit answers.
The study consists of four chapters. Chapter one introduces the study in terms of
general background, review of the related literature, objectives of the study and
significance of the study. Similarly, chapter two deals with the methodology
applied to conduct the study. This consists of source of data sample population and
sampling procedures, tools for data collection process of data collection and
limitation of the study. Likewise, chapter three deals with the analysis and
interpretation of the raw data. The data were analyzed and interpreted by using
simple tools and presented with the help of tables. Finally chapter four deals with
the findings and recommendations made on the basis of the analysis and
interpretation of the data.