DECLARATION

I hereby declare to the best of my knowledge that this thesis is original; no part
of it was submitted earlier for the candidature of research degree to any
university.

Date:

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Ganesh Adhikari

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 RECOMMENDATION FOR ACCEPTANCE

This is to certify that Mr. Ganesh Adhikari has prepared this thesis entitled
Comparative Study on Listening Comprehension Ability of Secondary
Level Students under my guidance and supervision.

I recommend this thesis for acceptance.

Date:

……….……………………….
Kumar Narayan Shrestha
(Supervisor)
Teaching Assistant
Department of English Education
Sanothimi Campus, Sanothimi

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 EVALUATION AND APPROVAL

This thesis has been evaluated and approved by the following Thesis
Evaluation Committee.
Mr. Bhuban Bahadur Bohara ………………….
Head Chairperson
Department of English Education
Sanothimi Campus

Dr. Ram Ekwal Sing ………………….

Associate Professor Expert
Department of English Education
University Campus, Kirtipur

Mr. ………………….
Teaching Assistant Supervisor
Department of English Education
Sanothimi Campus

Date:

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 DEDICATION

Dedicated
to
my beloved father, mother, sister and friends.

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First of all, I would like to express my sincere and heartfelt gratitude to my

teachers as well as Thesis Supervisor, Kumar Narayan Shrestha and Head of
Department of English Education, Bhuban Bahadur Bohara. Their suggestions,
feedback, continuous support, and the words of encouragement made me carry
out the work in this form. They were the source of inspiration for the successful
completion of this research.

I am grateful to all the schools' administration for their support, co-operation

and time consideration during the research. I would like to express my sincere
gratitude to all the respondents for their kindness and co-operation in course of
data collection during the research.

Ganesh Adhikari

ABSTRACT

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This research study entitled Comparative Study on Listening

Comprehension Ability of Secondary Level Students is an attempt to find

out listening comprehension ability of grade nine students in Bhaktapur district

and to suggest some pedagogical implications. In order to collect the data,

listening comprehension test was administered. Sixty students studying in

different four private secondary schools of Bhaktapur district were sampled for

the listening test. The main tool for data collection was test items based on seen

text. The scores obtained by the students were tabulated on the basis of the

variable specified. Their level of comprehension ability was determined by

using simple statistical tools: average and percentage. The major findings of the

study are: The overall performance of male, female, indigenous students and

non-indigenous students in L2 test has been revealed with their respective

marks and average marks. The performance of female is more than male by

0.25 i.e. 2.5% and the performance of non-indigenous students better than

indigenous students by 0.75 i.e. 7.5%. The listening comprehension ability of

female is better than male in average. The male has achieved 8.9 and female

has obtained 9.15 in average. It means female has obtained more marks than

male in average by 0.25 i.e. 2.5%. is 9.567.

Table of Contents

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Declaration i
Recommendation for Acceptance ii
Evaluation and Approval iii
Dedication iv
Acknowledgments v
Abstract vi
Table of Contents vii
List of Tables x
List of Figures xi
List of Abbreviations xii
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1-6
1.1 Background of the Study 1
1. 2. Statement of the Problem 3
1.3 Objectives of the Study 4
1.4 Research Questions 4
1.5 Significance of the Study 5
1.6 Delimitations of the Study 5
1.7 Operational Definition of the Key Terms 5
CHAPTER TWO: REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND
CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 7-20
2. 1 Review of the Theoretical Literature 7
2. 2 Review of the Empirical Literature 15
2. 3 Implications of the Review of the Study 18
2. 4 Conceptual Framework 19

CHAPTER THREE: METHODS AND PROCEDURES OF THE STUDY

21-24
3.1 Design and Method of the Study ` 21

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3. 2 Population, Sample and Sampling Strategy 21
3. 3 Study Area 22
3. 4 Data Collection Tools and Techniques 22
3. 5 Data/Information Collection Procedures 22
3.6 Data Analysis and Interpretation Procedures 23

CHAPTER FOUR: ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION 24-45

4.1 Listening Comprehension Ability of Grade 10 Students 25
4.2 Listening Comprehension Ability of Males ` 26
4.3 Listening Comprehension Ability of Females 29
4.4 Comparative Study on L2 Score of Males and Females 31

4.5 Listening Comprehension Ability of Indigenous Males 32

4.6 Listening Comprehension Ability of Indigenous Females 33

4.7 Comparative Study on L2 Score of Indigenous Males and Females 36

4.8 Listening Comprehension Ability of Non-indigenous Males 37
4.9 Listening Comprehension Ability of Non-indigenous Females 39

4.10 Comparative Study on L2 Score of Non-indigenous Males and Females

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4.11 Comparative Study on L2 Score of Indigenous and Non-indigenous
Students 42
4.12 Findings 44

CHAPTER FIVE: SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND

RECOMMENDATIONS
46-51
5. 1 Summary 46

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5. 2 Conclusion 47
5. 3 Recommendations 48
5. 3. 1 Policy Related 48
5. 3. 2 Practice Related 50
5. 4 Further Research Related 51

Reference 52-53
Appendix A 54
Appendix B 55
Appendix C 56

LIST OF TABLES

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Table 1: Listening Comprehension Ability of Grade 10 Students 25

Table 2: Listening Comprehension Ability of Males 27

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Table 3: Listening Comprehension Ability of Females 29

Table 4: Listening Comprehension Ability of Indigenous Males 32

Table 5: Listening Comprehension Ability of Indigenous Females 34

Table 6: Listening Comprehension Ability of Non-indigenous Males 37

Table 7: Listening Comprehension Ability of Non-indigenous Females 39

Table 8: Comparative Study on L2 Score of Indigenous and Non-indigenous

Students 42

LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 1: Listening Comprehension Ability of Males 28

Figure 2: Listening Comprehension Ability of Females 30

Figure 3: Comparative Study on L2 Score of Males and Females 31

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Figure 4: Listening Comprehension Ability of Indigenous Males 33

Figure 5: Listening Comprehension Ability of Indigenous Females 35

Figure 6: Comparative Study on L2 Score of Indigenous Males and Females

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Figure 7: Listening Comprehension Ability of Non-indigenous Males 38

Figure 8: Listening Comprehension Ability of Non-indigenous Females 40

Figure 9: Comparative Study on L2 Score of Non-indigenous Males and

Females 41

Figure 10: Comparative Study on L2 Score of Indigenous and Non-Indigenous

Students 43

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 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

% - Per cent
& - and
B.S. - Bikram Sambat
Dr. - Doctor
e.g. - For Example
etc. - Et cetera
F.M. - Full Marks
i.e. - That is
No. - Number
Prof. - Professor
O.M. - Obtained Marks
S.N. - Serial Number
Stu. - Student
Gov. - Government
Ans. - Answer
L2 - Second Language indicating English language
MOE - Ministry of Education
CDC - Curriculum Development Centre

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