LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 16:3 March 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Need Assessment of English for Specific Purposes in
Teaching English Language at Higher Level in Peshawar, Pakistan

Naimatullah, Ph.D. Education Scholar
Nasrullah Khan
Fatima Shams, M.Phil. Education Fazale Wahid, Ph.D. Education Scholar
Rafiq Mohammad, Ph.D. Education Scholar

Abstract

This article describes the results from a survey method research study that investigated the perceptions of participants within specific courses in the English language teaching field (ELT) in Pakistan. The study participants were students and teachers (trained and untrained) within government colleges for women. In total, 100 respondents were selected on the basis of simple random sampling. The ideas and views of the female students and teachers were solicited with regard to the importance of specific courses in the ELT, and from these, a questionnaire was developed. Correlation was used for analyzing the data. The results revealed the need for specific training courses the teaching the English language.

Keywords: Specific Courses – Language – ELT

Introduction

Language is the means through which we express our feelings and ideas and communicate with others in a systematic manner. According to Mooney (2010), there is a growing realization that the basis of knowledge in linguistics is found in the speech language as it is used by the members of a social order in their daily life. Language is the vehicle of communication which is employed to argue with families, joke with friends, and also deceive enemies. Language not only distinguishes humans from all other beings but also is a key to progress in various fields, and it plays a vital role in the progress and growth of any nation.

Deborah (2001) noted that spoken words were symbols of affection and written words were symbols of spoken words. Yule (2006) presented quite a different view of the beginning of language, which was based on the concept of natural sounds. The suggestion was that primitive words could have been imitations of the natural sounds, which early men and women heard around them. Thus, language is one of the natural factors that helps in the advancement of the educational system within any country.

In Pakistan, there is pressure to learn the English language for various purposes. This has happened because of globalization and the continuation of colonial language policies by the government. According to Rahman (2000), though Pakistan is a multilingual country, the English language is considered a symbol of the elite class, power, and sophistication. Rahman (2000) added that recently, in Pakistan, a universal dimension to the teaching and learning of the English language has been added because of an increase in the use of the English language in the global market. Shamim (2011) noted that if we took a quick overview of our history, the need to learn the English language started with the invasion and the rule of the British in the subcontinent as they wanted to run the machinery of the government with the help of local cheap labor. As their native language was English, they offered all possible encouragement to the local people to study and speak English. Now, the subcontinent is no longer ruled by the British, but we are still in need of the English language in our daily life. The importance of the English language cannot be ignored as it has become an international language. Therefore, we need to master it for educational progress as well as for communication with the globalized world.

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Naimatullah, Ph.D. Education Scholar

Fatima Shams
Lecturer
University Model College
Peshawar
Pakistan
fatima.shams123@yahoo.com

Nasrullah Khan
Lecturer Education Department
Abasyn University
Peshawar
Pakistan
nasir22_afd@hotmail.com

Fazale Wahid, Ph.D. Education Scholar

Rafiq Mohammad, Ph.D. Education Scholar
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