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I teach in a secondary level students grade 9 and 10. grade 10 is a school leaving group here in Nepal. Its final examination is conducted in national level by Ministry of Education , Office of the controller of examinations. The schools are classified in to grade A B C D on the basis of the result they obtain in the SLC (School Leaving Certificate )level. So grade 10 is the most important for school evaluation system. The teachers and the students always have to work hard to get good results.

The number of students vary  every year but approximate number of my students  is 60 . Now there are 62 students in one of my classes in which I am teaching English Language. The class room is large in size and rectangular in shape. Students sit in the two rows on bench with a desk attached made of wood. There 5 -6 students sit in a bench. They face the whiteboard which is in the front hanged on the wall in the centre of the classroom. The teacher stands in front of the class and moves on the narrow gap between two rows of desk bench. The teacher can't get to touch by moving in a gap. Personal space is not available for the students, no working space in the classroom. We generally take the students out of the classroom in the school hall to conduct project and other programs.

The geographic location of my school is in the low land what we call Terrai where 6-7 months it is too hot. So crowd classes are badly affected by hot . In this situation to motivate for learning is more difficult for us. Our resources are limited and the situation is being improved .

The general objectives of teaching English are to enable students to:

1.  Develop an understanding of and competence in spoken English

2.  Communicate fluently and accurately with other English speakers

3.  Develop competence in understanding a variety of reading texts

4.  Gain the skills necessary to write appropriate and effective English

5.  Develop an ability to use simple reference materials

6.  Read, appreciate and enjoy literary texts

7.  Develop an awareness of contemporary social values and norms relevant to  Nepal

The specific objectives in four skills are : (Grade 10)

At the end of Grade 10 students will be able to integrate receptive and productive work in the four major skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

 Listening

Student will be able to show understanding of a variety of authentic listening texts, specifically, they will be able to:

Listen to spoken text, understand the gist and retrieve general information from it

 2.  Record in note or make summary from the main points of spoken messages.

3  Respond appropriately to spoken direction or instruction.   Speaking Students will be able to speak fluently and accurately in a variety of authentic situations. Specifically, they will be able to:

 1 Speak clearly within the structural and lexical levels of the grade ten curriculum

 2 Engage effectively in informal discourse, using appropriate discourse devices (e.g. pauses, tags, questions, etc.)

 3 Communicate appropriately in a variety of formal and informal situations

 4 Engage in group discussions, expressing opinions and arguing a point of view effectively

 5 Narrate a sequence of events or process

 6 Convey simple messages effectively using common phrases proverbs, idioms and metaphorical expressions

 7 Engage in group discussion using closed, open and alternative types of questions

 8 Express a range of emotions using appropriate phonological features.

Reading

Students will be able to apply different silent reading techniques in order to

comprehend a variety of authentic texts. Specifically, they will be able to:

1 Read short texts intensively for detailed understanding.

2 Read longer texts extensively for general understanding.

3 Show understanding of the underlying themes and ideas of texts

4 Show understanding of an argument.

5 Retrieve specific information form texts to synthesise and analyse by means of a variety of reading techniques, e.g. skimming and scanning.

6 Identify the structure and organisation of paragraphs and longer texts through developing an awareness of cohesive devices (thus, that’s why, in this way, etc)

7 Anticipate the likely continuation of the interrupted text 8 Appreciate literary text of an appropriate level

9 Deduce the meaning of unfamiliar lexical items by means of contextual, syntactic and semantic clues.

10 Use an authentic English dictionary/thesaurus effectively

11 Interpret information presented in diagrammatic forms (pie chart, graph chart, bar/column chart, table, etc)

 Writing

Students will be able to produce a variety of written texts: cues for the production of these texts will range from controlled to free. Specifically, students will be able to:

1 Express ideas in clear and grammatically correct English, using appropriate punctuation.

2 Plan, organize and develop paragraph/s and essays.

3 Narrate a sequence of events or process

4 Use appropriate format and layout to produce a variety of texts.

5 Transfer information from tables, charts and diagrams to prose and vice versa

6 Produce a variety of authentic text types (e.g. Personal, official and business letters, job application, CVs/bio data, news stories and articles, rules regulations, advertisements notices such as: condolence ,

congratulation, invitation, greeting)

7 Make notes on a variety of texts

8 Write about personal experiences and opinions creatively

9 Compose dialogues

[Source : Secondary level Curriculum ]

The students come from different ethnic group  who don't use English language outside the school. As the curriculum expects . they need to gain knowledge in all skills. The technologies we use in the classroom  are , marker, whiteboard, cassette player, Mp3 player, loud speaker  and other materials according to subjects and lessons. I often use  flash cards , drawings and charts for reading, writing and cassette player, Mp3 player, loud speaker for listening and speaking. Students feel shyness to speak but write well. some have very good handwritings and some to be improved. The students come in this school from other school in grade 9 and 10 as well. some students are upgraded from this school .

I usually try to manage the class on to group of 6 – 10 students with 1-2 forward student in each group . There is no computer and internet for students now but school is managing in some days. Carrying mobile is band for students. I sometimes use my mobile for teaching purposes but not allowed to talk on the phone during class time.

My students' need is to approach e library to learn English and to be successful.