Perception of University Students on Lecture Technique

Abstract

This study aimed at finding out the“Perception of University Students on Lecture-Technique”. This is a survey research study. To carry out the research,sixty students studying in M.Ed.at the Department of English Education in Tribhuvan University were selected through simple random sampling procedure for the purpose of data collection. Questionnaire having eighteen close-ended and eight open-ended questions were used as a tool for data collection. The findings of the study suggested that,although the lecture technique was said to be neglected in the field of English Language Teaching, it is still popular in our country to teach English as a foreign language.It is also found that, students like to be taught through lecture-technique as it is easy for the students to comprehend the subject matter in the classroom and to get useful notes for further self-preparation. And, it is better for large classrooms with a large number of students. So, lecture-technique is found incredibly precious by the students. But, they want to see a qualitative and scientific change in it to be fit into the present era. There are altogether four chapters in this study. The first chapter deals with the general introduction of the language and English language as well as a short overview of lecture-technique. It also includes some short reviews of related literature, objectives of the study and significance of the study. The second chapter is about the methodology. It consists of sources of data collection, population of the study, tools for data collection, process of data collection and limitations of the study. The third chapter deals with the analysis and interpretation of the study. It consist s of the perception of university students on lecture-technique. And, the fourth chapter is about the findings of the study and the recommendations. And, it is followed by some references and appendices at the end of the report.