A Comparative Study of Trained and Untrained English Language Teachers at the Secondary Level of Surkhet District

Abstract

The present study aims at finding out the role of training in teaching English language and compare the teaching situation of trained anduntrained teachers in terms of students' motivation, presentation and practicestyle, methods and techniques followed by the teachers and evaluationsystem they adopted. The researcher collected the data by distributingquestionnaire and observing the classes of trained and untrained teachers byusing checklist. The researcher took thirtyteachers who are teaching Englishin the secondary level in Surkhet district in the government aided schoolsand community managed schools.He tried to maintain equal number oftrained and untrained teachers but unavailability of informants he tooktwenty trained teachers and ten untrained teachers from twelve secondaryschool of Surkhet district. This study shows that role of training is vital in teaching Englishlanguage and it has played great role for the professional, personal, quality,skill and all round development as well.Trained teachers status in teachingfield is better than untrained teachers, in every aspects of language teachingfrom students' motivation to evaluation system. The study is divided into four main chapters and other sub-chapters.Chapter one includes general introduction of the study. It also consists of review of related literature, objectives of the study, significance of thestudy and definition of specific terms. Chapter two deals with methodology, i.e. how the research wascarried out. The study is basedon both primary and secondary sources of data, population of the study, sample population, sampling procedure, toolsfor data collection and limitation of the study. Chapter three deals with analysis and interpretation of the collecteddata. The data were analyzed separately into two parts: (i) analysis andinterpretation of the data from checklist, and (ii) analysis and interpretationof data from questionnaire. The data have been interpreted by comparing thetrained teachers status and untrained teachers status and have been tabulated. Chapter four incorporates finding and recommendations. On the basisof the analyzed data findings have been listed and, in turn, on the basis ofthese findings some recommendations have been made.