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Abstract

The present study aims to look into ecological classroom practices adopted by teachers while teaching English language courses at colleges in Kathmandu, Nepal. The study specifically explains how three high school English teachers in the class felt about ecology of language teaching, how they experienced teaching, and how they provided meaning to it. Three high school English teachers’ experiences were recalled through an in-depth phenomenological interview. The results revealed that the need of classroom ecology was not emphasized. The teachers' experiences in the form of narratives, collected, transcribed, coded, thematic analyses and presented in the notion of  emerging themes that English language teaching helped to explore the effective classroom ecological practices in detail. The study is expected to contribute in making EFL teaching successful in linguistic landscapes of Nepal.

Keywords

Classroom ecology School Community EFL Phenomenological Study.

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Author Biography

Mani Ram Sharma, Mahendra Ratna Campus

Mr Mani Ram  Sharma, (M. Phil Language Education) is the life member of NELTA(Nepal English Language Teachers Association), Eurasia Research (UAE) TESOL (Global-2019),ISTAR, (Thailand) and country head LEAD(Philippines) Mr Sharma teaches courses on research methodology, applied linguistics, critical discourse analysis, contemporary theories of east, west and world Englishes for Bachelor at the Department of Language Education, at Mahendra Ratna Campus, Tribhuvan University. Prior to joining Tribhuvan  University, Mr. Sharma worked as a language teacher  at the Department of Social Science and lanagauge, St. Xavier's School Jawalakhel, Nepal,  He gave talks on issues of linguistics in international conferences such as University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2016), University of Kyoto, Japan (2017), University of Hanguk, South Korea (2018), University of Rajabhat, Thailand (2019),Multidisciplinary International Conference, Ramwshowram, India (2015), International Convention in Classrooms Innovation ,Ghaziabad, New Delhi (2018). 

Mr. Sharma studied in Kathmandu and received his B.Ed (English) and M. Ed in English Language and Methodology from Tribhuvan University. Later he received his M. Phil in English Language Education from Kathmandu University, Kathmandu. Currently Mr. Sharma concentrates his research on multilingualism, Ecology of language teaching and society.

How to Cite
Sharma, M. R. (2020). High School teachers’ Experiences in classroom Ecology of Language Teaching: A Study from the Phenomenological Perspective. Journal of English Education and Teaching, 4(4), 466–482. https://doi.org/10.33369/jeet.4.4.466-482

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