Perceptions of Teachers on English Textbook of Grade Nine

Abstract

This research entitled Perceptions of Teachers on English Textbook of Grade Nine was an attempt to explore secondary level English teacher's perception in terms of the language skills, grammatical aspects and language functions included in the textbook. The main objectives of this study were to explore the language skill, grammatical aspect and language function with the provisions given in the textbook, differences between old and new textbook, problems faced by the teachers to develop language skills, grammatical aspect and language function on the students and solutions of the problem. This study was based on qualitative research design based on case study research method by using purposive sampling procedure. The study found that the textbook is well designed by incorporating wide range of reading texts from different genres, important vocabularies are highlighted in red colour, equal focus is given on all language skills, language functions are included within speaking skill, sufficient grammatical exercises are given and extra bit is also given in the textbook for student's additional information. Teaching English is problematic to the teachers because of the factors like lack of training, poor grammatical knowledge and complexity of vocabulary. Developing knowledge of grammar and language function is very complicated task in teaching English language. Finally, some suggestions are provided for the improvement of teaching English language. This thesis has been divided into five chapters. The first chapter includes background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, and significance of the study and operational definitions of the key terms. Similarly, the second chapter is related to the review of theoretical literature, review of empirical literature, implications of the review for the study and conceptual framework. Likewise, third chapter deals with methods and procedures of the study under which design of the study, population and sample, sampling procedures, data collection tools, data collection procedures, analysis and interpretation procedures and ethical consideration are mentioned. In the same way, the forth chapter consists of results and discussion of the study. The fifth chapter includes the findings, conclusion and recommendations of the study. Finally, it includes references and appendices