Is it the way to teach language, the way we teach language

The Aga Khan University

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Professional Development Centre, Chitral

Institute for Educational Development

March 2012

Is it the way to teach language the way we teach language? English language teaching in rural
Pakistan
Ali Nawab
Aga Khan University, Professional Development Centre, Chitral

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Nawab, A. (2012). Is it the way to teach language the way we teach language? English language teaching in rural Pakistan. Academic
Research International, 2(2), 696-705.
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ISSN-L: 2223-9553, ISSN: 2223-9944

Academic Research International

Vol. 2, No. 2, March 2012

IS IT THE WAY TO TEACH LANGUAGE THE WAY WE TEACH LANGUAGE?
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN RURAL PAKISTAN
Ali Nawab
Aga Khan University,
Institute for Educational Development,
Professional Development Centre Chitral,
PAKISTAN.
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ABSTRACT
With the growing importance and need of English language in the global context, efforts are being made in the developing context to improve the quality of teaching English with the assumption that teaching of English facilitates the acquisition of English Language. What is Pakistani teachers approach to the teaching of English language and does the way they teach English facilitate the language acquisition? The current study explores this question at secondary level in the context of
Chitral, a remote district of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa province Pakistan. The researcher visited the randomly selected secondary schools and consulted English teachers interviewing them and observing the teaching and learning processes. The study reveals that in the context of Chitral, teaching of English is not different from teaching of other subjects such as social studies, history etc. Translation method is the dominant way to teach English and learners hardly get any

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