The English Language Teaching & Learning Challenges in Public Schools of Nepal

In the context of developing regions, despite the decreasing cost of ICT infrastructure, supporting education with conventional e-learning technologies using standard paradigms is often regarded as short-sighted approach. Thus, researchers are increasing the focus on relatively cheaper and sustainable mobile technologies to support education. However, before implementing the technology enhanced learning solution, it is crucial to take account of the existing teaching and learning practices and design solution based on the distinct understandings of local context to fully incorporate technology in the existing educational process. Recently, an exploratory study was carried out to identify the challenges of teaching and learning English in the government schools that use traditional teaching practices in Nepal. A teacher's diary study method was used to understand the background and the paper highlights existing pedagogical, technological, social, cultural and political issues that might be useful for guiding the technological intervention in public schools where one of the current and the urgent requirements is to provide an access to digital contents.

(Published) Shrestha, S., Moore, J., Abdelnour-Nocera, J. "The English Language Teaching and Learning Challenges in Public Schools of Nepal: Teacher's Diary Study", IFIP WG 9.4 Conference, May 2011, Kathmandu, Nepal 

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Picture & summary of the 2011 IFIP WG9.4 Conference.