LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 11 : 9 September 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Effects of Direct Teaching Method in the Academic Achievement of Students in English at the Elementary Level

Ishtiaq Hussain, Ph.D.
Rehmat Ali Farooq, Ph.D.
Iqbal Majoka, Ph.D.

Abstract

The main objective of the study was to know the effects of direct teaching method in the academic achievement of students in English at the elementary level. Intelligence test was administered to determine the level of each student and to equalize the students of two groups. Experimental group was taught by direct method while the Control group was taught by traditional method for a period of four weeks. At the end of teaching, a post-test was administered and scores of pre-test, post-test and intelligence test served as data of the study.

Applying t-test and analysis of variance indicated the significance of difference between the scores of groups at 0.05 levels. Experiment was the basic step. The Pre-test Post-test Equivalent – Group Design was used for the analysis of the data. The students of Federal Government schools of Islamabad were the population of the study.

The students of Elementary School Badhana Kalan, (FA) Islamabad were taken as a sample for the study. Obtained data was analyzed, interpreted and concluded that direct teaching method was more effective as a teaching-learning technique for English. Students in the direct teaching method outscored the students working in traditional learning situation. Low achievers in direct teaching presented noteworthy superiority over low achievers learning English by the traditional method.

In the light of the results it was recommended that direct method should be used in all levels to teach English for better performance of the students.

Introduction

Education is essential for human development. Modern age is the age of science and technology. Education gives people expertise and skills for different fields to keep them abreast with the changing realities of life. The development of education depends upon the language, which is a unique tool granted to human beings for communication.

Education is carried on through the use of language at various levels. While Pakistani languages are taught in various levels of education, the prominence of English continues to grow as means of communication in various fields. English is becoming the preferred medium of instruction in Pakistan.

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Ishtiaq Hussain, Ph.D.
Director, IER, Kohat University
Pakistan
dr.ishtiaqhussain@yahoo.com

Rehmat Ali Farooq, Ph.D.
Rector, Northern University Noshera Campus
Pakistan

Iqbal Majoka, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Hazara University
Pakistan
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