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Volume 16:5 May 2016
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Learners’ Autonomy in Learning English in Context of
Higher Secondary Level Education in Nepal

Keshab Kumar Sijali, M.Ed., Ph.D. Scholar
Prof. Dr. R. N. Khanal, Ph.D.

Abstract

The objective of this study is to investigate the level of autonomy of learners of higher secondary level education in Nepal regarding their gender, nature of institution, medium of instruction and stream. The subject of this study comprises 552 learners from 22 higher secondary school of academic session 2015/6 whom a questionnaire with a 5-point likert scale was administered. The data obtained were analyzed using mean, Mann-Whitney U-test and Kruskal Wallis H-test of non-parametric test. In the result, the learners’ level of autonomy in learning English was found moderate (M =3.1078). Regarding the gender, the female students were found statistically significantly highly less autonomous than male students. However, there was not statistically significantly different in the level of autonomy of the government and private ELT students in learning English. But, Nepali medium ELT students were found statistically significantly highly less autonomous than English medium ELT students. Similarly, the result showed the significant different of ELT students’ level of autonomy between the different streams, (3) = 11.476, p = .009) with a mean rank of 17.50 for science, 291.65 for management, 242.23 for humanities and 259.05 for education stream. Pedagogical implication was made while concluding the study.

Keywords: ELT students; Learner autonomy; higher secondary level

1. Introduction

Autonomy refers to the “learners’ capacity to make decision in their learning” (Smith, 2008, p. 396). In other words, it is a learners’ ability to take action and make decision in their learning without the control of other and a successful learner is one who is highly autonomous. There is a substantaial body of literature carried out in learner autonomy in learing English for several decades. However, relatively few studies have attempted to show the learners’ level of autonomy regarding the multiple variable like gender, medium of instruction, nature of institution where they read, faculties etc. No research has been carried out in revealing learners’ autonomy in context of higher secondary level education of Nepal especially in the margnalized area of Bara district. Hence, the objective of this study is to accomplish the task of investigating the ELT learners’ autonomy level in terms of aforementioned strata and to provide insights into language pedagogy.

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Keshab Kumar Sijali, M.Ed, Ph.D. Scholar
Corresponding Author
Department of Education and Psychology
Mewar University
Rajasthan
India
keshu_sijali@yahoo.com

Dr. R. N. Khanal, Ph.D. (English)
Tribhuvan University
Nepal
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