Experiences of Mugali Rai students in learning english language

Abstract

This research entitled “Experiences of Mugali Rai Students in Learning English Language”was oriented to explore the experiences of Mugali Raistudents in learning English language in classroom. I used the narrative inquiry as the research design of the study. I collected the required data through unstructured interview. Similarly, the six Mugali Rai students studying at secondary level in Pakhribas Municipality, Dhankuta were the sample of the study. The sample population of the study was selected by using purposive non-random sampling procedure. I analyzed the collected data thematically in order to find the results. The main findings show that the students had both positive and negative, sweet and bitter experiences while learning English language in classroom; whenever they were highly motivated and they got good result in English they had sweet experiences and whenever, they could not read even simple words and sentences and their pen stopped in writing, they had bitter experiences. Similarly, the classroom activities, language tasks and use of ICT tools were the opportunities for the students. On the other hand, they faced many challenges like limited exposure of English language, mother tongue interference, learning different aspects of language, lack of confidence, low motivation, lacks of eliteracy in teachers and students’ hesitation and fear of making mistakes. In order to cope with these challenges, some possible ways were identified such as creating environment to practice a lot, using ICT tools, online and offline apps, platforms.

This research consists of five chapters. The first chapter presents introduction including the background of the study, statements of the problem, objectives of the study, research questions, significance of the study, delimitation of the study and operational definition of the key terms. In the same way, the second chapter includes review of related theoretical literature, empirical literature review, its implication and conceptual framework. Likewise, the third chapter includes the procedure of the study which incorporates design and method of the study, sources of data, population, sample and sampling strategy, research tools, data collection procedures and ethical considerations. Similarly, chapter four includes analysis and interpretation of the data and results as well. And the fifth chapter includes the conclusion and recommendations of the study. Finally, the thesis also includes the references and appendices at end of this work.