Teacher Training in ELT Context: Secondary Level Teachers’ Perceptions

Abstract

This study entitled Teacher Training in ELT Context: Secondary Level Teachers’ Perceptions was conducted to explore secondary level English teachers’perceptions of teacher training in ELT context and find out challenges of teacher training in Nepali context. Narrative inquiry research design was used to carry out this study. The participants of the study were three secondary level English language teachers from two different schools of Kathmandu valley. The English teachers of the selected schools who has received training and has been teaching at secondary level in Kirtipur municipality were used as the sample using purposive sampling procedure. The study used qualitative data gathered through semi-structured interviews and collected data were analyzed and presented thematically. The findings of the study revealed that teacher training programs greatly improved teaching skills, confidence, and teamwork among teachers. These programs were also found to be important to boost student learning through better classroom practices and modern teaching methods. Yet, the teachers shared that there are some challenges in teacher training, for example, time constraints, lack of institutional support for resources, generic content, and insufficient impactful evaluation. The present study consists of five chapters. First chapter one is an introductory chapter which includes background of the study, statement of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. The second part deals with the review of related theoretical literature, review of the related empirical literature, implications of the review of the study and conceptual framework. The third chapter deals with the methods and procedures of the study. It includes design of the study, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, sources of the data, data collection procedures, data analysis procedure and ethical considerations. The fourth chapter is about the analysis and interpretation of the data and the final chapter consists of findings, conclusions and recommendations. The last section of the research includes the references and appendices.