LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 12 December 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Introduction of English Phonemes in Curriculum of 6th Grade in Federal Government Schools

Muhammad Usman, M.Phil., M.A., B.Ed.
Zafar Ullah, M.Phil.

Abstract

The syllabus of English in Public Institutes is set in line with the Policy issued by the Ministry of Education in 2006. A very important factor, i.e., Teaching of Phonetics is missing from the syllabus prescribed in public schools. This paper recommends that Phonetics should be included in the curriculum of English in Federal government schools for making students communicatively competent. This paper uses the principles of The Reform Movement as the basis and Henry Sweet as theorist. To prove the hypothesis, data has been collected with the help of two questionnaires. The data was then analyzed by using IBM © SPSS and MS Excel. The analyses support the hypothesis of this paper and identify the need of Phonetics in the syllabi of Grades I – XII, prescribed by Ministry of Education, and as first initiative inclusion of 44 Phonemes in syllabus of English for 6th grade students of Federal government institutes.

Phonemic Awareness, Phonetics, Phonemes, Phonemic Chart, Communicative competence, 6th Grade Curriculum

Types of Educational Institutions in Pakistan

Pakistan is a developing country. The education system in vogue is not a unified and standard one, rather assorted and perplexed. There are two types of Educational Institutes: Public and Private, having different syllabi, medium of instructions and teaching methodologies. Certainly, most of the students are enrolled in Public or Government educational institutes. The variation in medium of instructions, practiced in these educational institutes, is an issue that affects the understanding of students.

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Muhammad Usman
M.Phil. English Linguistics
Faculty of Advanced Integrated Research & Studies (AIS&R)
National University of Modern Languages (NUML)
Islamabad - 44000, Pakistan
ranamutk@gmail.com

Zafar Ullah, M.Phil.
National University of Modern Languages (NUML)
Islamabad – 44000
Pakistan
zafarullah76@gmail.com
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