The syllabus of English in Pakistan has been revised at some point of times, but the problems persist and impede the students' learning performance, but the problems persist and impede the students' learning performance, but the problems persist and impede students' learning performance, but the problems impede the students' learning performance. The syllabus designers have developed it without considering the needs of the students and the instructors' abilities. The researcher has focused on evaluating the imperfection in syllabus designing that hampers learner to learn and instructors to teach. The objectives of this study are understanding, evaluation, and development of syllabus in English language skills. This study has been conducted at the primary school level to understand the learners' problems at an initial level. The selected material for analysis is the textbook of English taught at grade 1 in public schools of Pakistan. The analysis of the contents of the textbook syllabus would enable the researchers to develop a hypothesis to remove all the flaws from the syllabus of English textbooks. The questions of syllabus designing at the initial level, the contents of the syllabus, and to develop a functional-based syllabus have been addressed in this research.
The language learners in Pakistan are required to get adequate knowledge of English language in order to strive for a better future. It has been investigated that in few parts of the world the learners are inclined towards their social identity, culture, tradition and values which sometimes hinder them to speak foreign language. It has been observed by the linguists that social identity is a cause of anxiety in second language learners in different parts of the world. Due to inclination towards their own language, the students become reluctant to use another language which ultimately makes them anxious and less proficient learners. This study has been conducted to investigate whether social identity is also a cause of anxiety in second language learning in Pakistan. The researchers have focused the main and core issues of identity which are stuck in the minds of the language learners when they learn English language.
Second language learning anxiety has attained the attention of the researchers in almost every part of the world. Pakistan is a country where English is taught as a second language from the very beginning of school education. Second Language learning anxiety is a phenomenon which has been prominently found among the learners because of their less proficiency in learning English language. This study has been conducted to investigate the effect of anxiety in learning and using English language in classroom, university and outside the classroom. There are variables that affect language learning performance of the learners but this paper has solely investigated the effect of anxiety. The paper has concluded that anxiety is a variable which has a striking affect in second language learning and its use inside classrooms.
Two types of imparting education are in vogue in Pakistan. First, the system that imparts education to more than 90% of the students (Studying through the syllabus and method of Pakistani system) and second is the one that is imparting education to only 10% of the students (Studying through the syllabus and method of Cambridge education system) in Pakistan. The methodologies of teaching English and its syllabus are quite different from each other. The researcher (Teacher of English for Pakistani as well Cambridge system) observed a marginal difference in the level of English language proficiency of the learners studying under these two systems of education. The learners of Cambridge system are found highly equipped with the knowledge of English language but the learners of Pakistani system are lagging behind in the knowledge of English language although students of both the systems are being taught by the Pakistani teachers. Observing this fact, the researcher has focused to conduct research to point out the salient features of these two systems describing the reasons of high proficiency of English language by the learners of Cambridge system and low proficiency by the learners of Pakistani system. This study has been conducted by taking interview of the two students selected one from each system of education. The interview is analyzed critically and lot of attention, reaching at the conclusion that the syllabus, knowledge of teacher and methodologies adopted by the instructors play a vital role in gaining high proficiency of English language by the learners studying through Cambridge system of education.
English language enjoys the Political, constitutional and official status in Pakistan. Its worldwide use justifies its status in Pakistan. Speaking English is the desire of the people. This fashion of English language use is an outcome of social and psychological aspects. The society privileges the individuals with the competence to speak English. On the other hand, every individual is inclined psychologically to use English which is uncontrollable. All the factors behind these social and psychological compulsions to use English Language will be brought into discussion in this research paper. The data is collected from the daily conversation of people and personal experience of the researcher from the individuals desperate to speak English Language. The collected data is analyzed by explaining it in the sphere of social and psychological circle.
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