96th review

Improving the speaking ability in English: the student’s perspective.

The main focus of the study was to know English as a subject and as a language, the quality of the textbooks, opportunities of listening to good English with proper/correct pronounciation and high light that various exercies/activities. Seminars, group discussions and debats competitions, etc. Were regularly being arranged or not. The study was descriptive in nature. The researchers selected 20 male students and 20 female students from 4 Govt. Colleges in district Charsadda studying at the first year and second year level through stratified random sampling procedure. The data was collected through the questionnair having alternate items. The questionnaire was designed by consulting experts in concerned field. It was tabulated in the form of counting frequencies and then analyzed through percentages. The main findings of the study were: by teaching English as a subject to the students and not as a language give vent to rote memory only to pass the examination out of burden. Enough time is not given to various exercises and opportunities for the improvement of speaking ability. Students also complained of scolding and discouraging by their teacherr for not speaking correctly. Although the teachers and students are equally responsible for the poor speaking ability, yet the teachers are more responsible by having the professional knowledge and skills.

To improve the speaking ability, more stress on the quality of books at the basic level, enough time are given to speaking and phonetic drills of students, making practical and applicable strategies by teachers for students while speaking most of the time in English.