THE REVOLUTION IN ENGLISH CLASSROOMS OF NEPAL: FROM CHALK-AND-TALK TO INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS
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https://doi.org/10.18623/rvd.v23.5919Keywords:
Classroom Practices, ELT Activities, Training Skills, 21st-Century Skills, Need-Based Training, Punishment CultureAbstract
In Nepal, English language teachers are the ones who have to suffer because of the way they teach English, whether they are the primary level teachers or the university professors. The teaching of English in Nepal has been criticized from many angles for being ineffective and unsuccessful. The way they taught English in past and the way the English teachers teach at present are very much different. This paper shows how the English classes and classroom practices have been changed. It also focuses on the ways the teachers need to change themselves to survive in the 21st century English classes based on the observation of secondary level English classes of Lumbini Province and the interviews with the teacher trainers, head teachers and teachers themselves. It suggests that the teacher training programs for English teachers need to focus on developing Nepali English teachers to become more competent so that the ELT situation can be more successful and effective in Nepal. The findings of the study can be helpful to improve the English language teaching and teacher training in Nepal as the study was comprehensive enough to cover different geographical locations of Lumbini province as well as different types of schools there.
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