Editorial

With a view to impart quality education in various discipline, Darchula

Multiple Campus (DMC), is located at Api Municipality, ward No. 12, Khalanga,
Darchula, under affiliation to Tribhuvan University, was established in 2059 B.S. It
is one of the top three public campuses of Far Western Region in terms of student's
numbers, results and quality education where we get sound academic environment.
It offers a high quality integrated education of international standard to prepare
worthy citizen of the country with sound knowledge and skills required for further
study and career opportunities. To add some bricks on the quality education, DMC
is to publish Exploration, the Research Journal of DMC.

Therefore, we are pleased to present the first volume of Exploration, the

journal of DMC, during our tenure as editors. In this editorial, we describe the
nature of this journal, the article review process and introduce each article included
in this volume by classifying them into certain groups.

Exploration is an academic journal, and therefore, can be utilized by any

academic enthusiast either by publishing their research based articles and practice
based articles or by going through relevant and worthy articles which are included
in it. Exploration follows a standard review process for all articles. Any article that
is received by Editorial Board of the Journal is reviewed by the editorial board and
if it is deemed suitable for the journal, it is passed on to Research Management
Committee of the campus. Based on their reviews, the editorial board decides if the
paper is worthy of publication. The paper may still be rejected if the author fails to
satisfy the requirement as advised by the reviewers although every effort is made
to provide support to the potential article author. We also want to note that the
article published in this journal are predominantly research-based. Occasionally,
practice-based articles are also published if they offer practical insights to faculty
members in particular and the wider academic community in general.
In response to our call for papers for the current volume, we had received 40
articles in total. Among them, only 22 were selected for publication after a rigorous
review process. This selection was essential to maintain the high standard of the
journal. However, the selection process was challenging as we needed an army of
reviewers (see the list of Editorial Board and Research Management Committee) to
review the articles. The process was lengthy and labor-intensive for both the
reviewers and the editorial team. A synopsis of each article is presented below. In
general, these articles cover a broad spectrum of the field of Higher Education and
represent academic contexts in Nepal. We expect that these articles offer our
readers plenty of food for thought and new ideas for research and practices.
Among the articles in this volume, five of them deal with language and
research. For example, Dr. Joshi explores the effective language and style of
research report and provides the useful suggestions for the process of writing a
research report effectively. The second article in this category by Dr. Shahi
investigates the onomatopoeic words of Achhami language and classifies them in
different categories on the basis of their features. Likewise, Saud critically studies
the Dotyali lexicography in the reference of toponymic development in Darchula
district and collects, discusses and classifies the toponymic words in terms of their
origin, evolution and structure. The fourth paper (Badal) in this category examines
Rung language to find out the feature of words agreement on the basis of gender,
person, number and honor. The last article in this category (Chanda) is all about
second language acquisition and learning. There are three articles that deals with
education. The first article by Dr. Dhungana shows the challenges and possibilities
of educational improvement in governmental/public schools of Nepal. The second
article in this category by Awasthi investigates the impact of teacher training
programs of Khalanga Resource Centre on the educational achievement of this
area. The last article of this category (Awasthi) finds out the educational status of
Darchula District and the implemented educational programs of Darchula District
Education Office. In the next category, there are three article that deals with trade
and tourism. The first article by Joshi discusses the status and role of tourism and
geography in Nepalese economy. The second article in this category by Joshi
investigates the present situation of international trade in Darchula district. The last
article of this category (Dadal) finds out the present situation and possibilities of
herbs (JADIBUTI) trade in Darchula district. The next category of the articles
deals with literature where three articles are included. The first article by Dhami
analyses the structure and content of the Darchuleli Deuda Geet, the most popular
folk literature of the district. Similarly, Joshi finds out the literary figures of
Darchula district and their literary writings and analyses the trends and traditions
of its development. The last article of this category by Bhatt introduces the
novelist, Sarubhakt and analyses his novel, CHULI to find out existentialism and
absurdism in it. There are three articles in the next category that deals with social
issues of Nepalese society. For instance, Bhatt investigates the ritual performance
of Chhaupadi system in the Far Western of Nepal. Similarly, Dhami examines the
provision of laws against domestic violence and the present situation of its
implementation in Nepal. The last article of the category (Karki) identifies the
relationship between Khas ethnicity and their God, Masto and analyses their
worshipping traditions of Masto. The next four articles examine a wide range of
aspects in teaching. Saud in his article focuses on assessment of practice teaching
conducted by the Department of Practice Teaching, Darchula Multiple Campus for
B.Ed ELT student teachers. His study reveals that there has been an improvement
in teaching practice particularly on classroom dynamics. However, enough training
on lesson plan preparation, presentation, class management, communication skills,
evaluation and project work is necessary to the student teachers in order to improve
English language teaching. Second article of the category (Saud) presents an
overview of different ELT theories and methods that have been developed over a
period of time. Third article in this category (Airi) finds out the importance of
matrix types and their use in daily life. The last article of the category by Joshi
investigates the effectiveness of instructional materials in teaching mensuration at
secondary level of Nepal. We have one book review by Dhami. He reviews an
edited book that contains interdisciplinary texts (e.g., essays, one act play, poems
and stories) written by different writers of the world for EFL learners.
Before we close this editorial, we would like to mention that this is our first
volume which would not have been possible without the rigorous support and
inspiration of the campus chief, Mr. Krishna Singh Saud. We take this opportunity
to thank sincerely all our target readers and supporters of the journal. Finally, we
would like to extend our gratitude to both the authors and the reviewers who have
been very supportive throughout the process. They responded to us promptly even
when the deadline was extremely tight. We are equally grateful to the Research
Management Committee of the campus for their continuous support. We would
like to thank our designer, Anand Dadal, who helped to present this volume so
elegantly. Last but not least, the editorial team and the Research Management
Committee like to earnestly appreciate the support of Jagdamba Publication Press
for the publication of the print version of this volume.

Editors