Causes of Mass Failure in English Language

ISSN2039? 2117Mediterranean diaryofSocialSciencesVol3(1)January2012Causes of rise bereavement of the students in the slip of side at alternative aim Gulap Shahzada (Corresponding & leash author) Institute of direction & seek University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan emailprotected com Dr. Safdar Rehman Ghazi Institute of information & look for University of Science & Technology, Bannu, Pakistan emailprotected com Dr.Umar Ali caravanserai Director Institute of culture & Research Gomal University DIKhan, Pakistan emailprotected com inside 10. 5901/mjss. 2012. 03. 01. 603 Abstract Purpose of this research was to find reveal causes of rising disappointment of the students in the subject of side of meat at supplementary Level. This field of lead was descriptive in nature. All the male utility(prenominal) schools in district Bannu established population of this study. From 50 secondary schools 100 slope instructors were randomly selected as a sample of the s tudy.A questionnaire for secondary school teachers was developed to collect data. To disassemble and interpret data, simple percent term was utilise. Results of the study showed that majority of the respondents approved that teacher of incline atomic number 18 not sufficient and well trained, teachers of side of meat do not teach position in a proper manner, Audio- optic support atomic number 18 not use in side class, The by nature is not harmonious to the personate clip, teachers of linguistics be not put in our schools, side of meat is given importance in the annual promote of the students in school.It was recommended that suitable and well trained teachers may be official for side, teachers of incline may use modern averment method kinda of traditional methods, Audio visual aids may be utilise such(prenominal) as oral communication lab, gramophone, face stock may be make compatible to the present time, instructors may be promote to delineate linguis tics knowledge. Keywords slope lecture, Audio, Visual aids, Communication, International 1. Introduction The kind of education, offered to their throng by the countries of the humanness is always related to their turn up and advancement.The more the state of societies be Educated, the more they atomic number 18 civilized and well disciplined. It is a circumstance univers tout ensembley recognized, that Education is the prime key to moral, cultural, political and socio-economic development of a nation. Islam creation a revolutionary faith made it obligatory on every man and woman to acquire knowledge and exerted them under presume persistent and tedious journey to distant land in search of it. emphasize the importance of Education and nurture in Islam it is enough to note that the kickoff revelation of the Prophet was Read in the name of thy Lord who created.It is with Education that a person gets an insight to understand and resolve his problems as well as those of h is society (G everyplacenment of Pakistan, 1998).605 ISSN2039? 2117MediterraneanJournalofSocialSciencesVol3(1)January2012 Secondary Education is considered to be an important sub sector of the entire Education system. If it provides middle take workers for the economy on one hand, and on the other, it acts as a feeder for the higher level of Education.The caliber of high Education depends upon the quality of secondary Education which is expected to produce high quality professionals in different fields of Social, Economic and Political life of the country. thusly Secondary level of Education thitherfore, requires to be organized in such a way that it should prep be young men and women for the pursuit of Higher Education, as well as make them able to adjust with their applicatory lives meaningfully and productively (Bhatti, 1987).An excellent opportunity is, therefore provided by quartette years of secondary education to the Educators and Educationists to conceive and launch pro grams which initiate the learners in to proper forms of behaviour and attitudes, which leads to decent productive and peaceful life in future (Govt of Pakistan, 1998). According to Encyclopedia Britannica (2005), a system of conventional, intercommunicate or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a societal group and participants in its culture, communicate is c aloneed a linguistic process.No nation on the humankind clear make progress in all fields of life, without having advance and good command of position. It is a great wonder that quality of precept in side of meat and results of the Examinations in the subject of face were the lowest of all the other subjects. The medium by which we communicate our thoughts and feelings to our fellowmen , the tool with which we conduct our chore or g everywherenment, the vehicle in the Science, Philosophy, the poetry of the race lease been communicable is surely worthy of study . It is fact that roughly of the time and zero is consumed in doctrine and tuition of side of meat.In spite of all these our students be tripping in position. So the government realized the importance of English and has made it authoritative from the very first level. According to Aggarwal (1995 ) command over English is a vehicle of thought and lack of command over it is shrink to make thoughts in transmitible, only those who understand any language can express themselves in that language. This is the age of Science and technology, and no country can throw isolation from the social, Educational, Scientific and cultural movements profession like Engineering, Medicines, Agriculture and Industries.After all English is the language of the greatest power of the world. It spread as the language of the colonies of Britain in Africa and Asian countries (Griffer, 2002). The power of English depart be change magnitude by globalization, United States, World Bank, IMF etc. will control these jobs, which c ountenance started operating increasingly in English. This trend will increase the ingest for English Schooling, which will make p atomic number 18nts invest in English at the cost of their own languages (Skutnabb, 2000).According to Nicholas (1998), in the inform of English, the teachers generally use variant Method which is an darkened Method of Teaching therefore, our students cannot get command over English language, as evident from the fact that there ar a large number of students who fail in English at Secondary level. So, in light of the above mentioned facts the knowledge of English language is most(prenominal) important for a nation, but majority of the students fail in English because of lack of language learning Environment, Outdated political platform, rigid Teaching Methods and cumbersome English language Teachers in the Academic and professional Areas.Functional grammar is not taught and practiced, in the classrooms more importance is given to the inform of En glish text-Books. For the study of English successfully, the teacher must help the students to acquire four Art skills in the language, namely speaking, reading, listening and writing (Kolawole, 1998). 2. The Importance of English The importance of the English language is an open secret . We sees in our society that a piffling child whom we say the best philosopher is too in the struggle of learning the English language.Besides that we have remained the colony of the British Empire, therefore, we have the natural angle of inclination towards the English language. The importance of the English language is naturally very great. English is the language not only of 606 ISSN 2039? 2117 MediterraneanJournalofSocialSciencesVol3(1)January2012 England but of the extensive dominions and colonies associated in the British Empire, and it is the language of the United States spoken by over 260 million stack, it is in the number who speak it the largest of the occidental languages.English spe aking people constitute some one tenth of the worlds population English, however, is not the largest language in the world. The more unprogressive estimates of the population of china would indicate that Chinese is spoken by about 450 million people. But his numerical ascendancy of English among European languages can be seen by a few comparative figures. Russian, next in size to English, is spoken by about 140 millions people, Spanish by 135 millions German by 90 millions, Portuguese by 63 millions, French by 60 millions Italian by 50 millions.Thus at the present time English has the advantage in numbers over al other western languages. Bu the importance of a language is not alone a matter of numbers or territory it depends in addition on the importance of the people who speak it. The importance of a language is inevitably associated in the mind of the world with the political role vie by the nations using it and their fluency in outside(a) affairs with the authorisation peo ple feel in financial position and the certainty with which they will meet their obligations i. e. pay their debts to other nations, meet the interest on their bonds, introduce the gold or other basis of their business enterprise and the international scope of their commerce with the conditions of life under which the great mass of their people live and with the part played by them in art and literary productions and music, in science and invention, in exploration and discovery. English is the mother expectoration of nations whose combined political influence, economic soundness, commercial activity, social well being and scientific and cultural contributions to civilization give impressive support to its numerical precedence (Albert, 1983).A study was conducted by Sabiha Mansoor of Agha Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan on culture and inform of English as a second language for Pakistani students in the year 2008. If we have to make, the teaching of English in Pakistan we need to remediate and restructure the teaching of English in Pakistan, as this study reveals. not only would this involve an understanding of the needs of the English Students, but likewise the place of culture both local and global in their language learning process.We would have to take in to account the sociolinguistic aspects of English in the Pakistani as well as the international setting while redressing and restructure the English literature course. To make the learning of English interesting and useful for the learners, Pakistani English teachers will have to take cognizance of the relationship between language and culture. If local culture is include in to the broadcast, methodology and teaching materials of TESL, it would make, learning easier and more meaningful for Pakistani students. Vocabulary the most obvious influence of language and culture on thought.The researcher pointed out that presently the material used for teaching, Family background is the most important and most weighty factor in determining the academician performance. A study was conducted by Shafiullah Khan of university of science and technology Bannu on the causes of failure in the subject of English at secondary level in district Bannu, in the year, 2007. The major findings of the result related to this sweep of study were given as under 1. Majority of the respondents reported that furious teachers argon one of the causes of students failure in SSC. 2.Majority of the teachers hold that overcrowded class room is the cause of students failure in English. 3. Majority of respondents approved that SSC students atomic number 18 overcrowded and it is the cause of failure. 4. Majority of the teachers accepted that old system of examination is the cause of failure. 5. Majority of the respondents approved that English is the laborious subject. Keeping in view the importance of the problem this study was designed to know the causes of the rising failure in the subject of English. 607 ISSN2039? 2117 MediterraneanJournalofSocialSciences Vol3(1)January2012 . Statement of the Problem The problem under the study was to investigate the causes of rising failure of the students in the subject of English at secondary level. 4. Objectives of the Study Following was the main objective of the study. 1. To find out causes of the rising failure of the students in the subject of English among students at secondary level. 2. To give suggestion for the improvement of the situation. 5. Significance of the Study Education plays a vital role in the progress of any country of the world. Those nations who have equipped themselves with better education enjoy their prestigious status amongst the world.Today is the age of English language. English language is being taught as a compulsory subject in Pakistan. Being a foreign language, the teaching and learning English is a problem not only for the students but also for the teachers too. This study will be significant for the chase reaso ns for both the teachers and students and curriculum developers. 1. The study may be helpful in finding the causes of rising failure in English. 2. The study may be helpful for the teachers in order to equip themselves with modern methodology and techniques regarding the teaching of English 3.The study may be helpful in developing the proper curriculum for English. 6. Delimitation of the Study The study was delimited to all the male English teachers at secondary level in district Bannu. 7. Research methodological analysis This research was aimed to find out causes of the rising failure of the students in the subject of English at Secondary Level. This study was descriptive in nature. The following methodology was used 7. 1 Population All the Govt. secondary schools in of district Bannu constituted population of this study. 7. 2 Sample One nose candy English teachers of secondary level were selected from 50 secondary schools s a sample using simple random sampling technique. 7. 3 Re search Instrument A questionnaire was developed with the help of research expert. It was administered to 30 students as pilot run in order to remove any ambiguity in the statements. 608 ISSN2039? 2117 MediterraneanJournalofSocialSciences Vol3(1)January2012 7. 4 selective information Collection The questionnaires were personally among the 100 teachers who were randomly selected. The researcher personally remained there in order to remove any misunderstanding in the questionnaire. 7. 5.Analysis of info The data collected were tabulated, analyzed and interpreted in the light of the objectives of the study. elementary percentage was used for analysis of data. 8. Findings 1. 0% teachers argon potently have got, 0% teachers are agree, 0% teachers are slightly agree. 39% teachers are dissent and 61% teachers are potently disaccord to the statement that Teachers of English are qualified and well trained. 2. 0% teachers are potently agree, 0% teachers are agree, 0% teachers are slenderly agree, 64% teachers are dissent and 36% teachers are strongly take issue to the statement that Teacher of English teaches English in a proper way. . 45% teachers are strongly agree, 54% teachers are agree, 1% teachers are slenderly agree, 0% teachers are resist and 0% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that Teacher of English takes his class on a regular basis. 4. 52% teachers are strongly agree, 42% teachers are agree, 2% teachers are somewhat agree, 4% teachers are disagree and 0% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that Teachers of English explain difficult words in an clean way. 5. 6% teachers are strongly agree, 36% teachers are agree, 10% teachers are somewhat agree, 8% teachers are disagree and 0% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that Teachers of English comes with full preparation for his lesson. 6. 12% teachers are strongly agree, 11% teachers are agree, 2% teachers are somewhat agree, 29% teachers are disagree a nd 46% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that Audio-Visual aids are used in the teaching of English. 7. %5 teachers are trongly agree, 5% teachers are agree, 3% teachers are somewhat agree, 37% teachers are disagree and 50% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that computer program of English is lengthy. 8. 3% teachers are strongly agree, 7% teachers are agree , 14% teachers are somewhat agree, 20% teachers are disagree and 66% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that syllabus of English is difficult. 9. 3% teachers are strongly agree, 6% teachers are agree, 0% teachers are somewhat agree, 40% teachers are disagree and 50% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that The course is compatible to the present time. 0. 27% teachers are strongly agree, 13% teachers are agree, 5% teachers are somewhat agree, 20% teachers are disagree and 35% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that There are suitable number of English achieve ments in timetable. 11. 19% teachers are strongly agree, 31% teachers are agree, 20% teachers are somewhat agree, 10% teachers are disagree and 20% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that The length of time of an English period is suitable. 12. 3% teachers are strongly agree, 34% teachers are agree, 8% teachers are somewhat agree, 10% teachers are strongly agree and 5% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that Tests are interpreted regularly in an English class. 609 ISSN2039? 2117 MediterraneanJournalofSocialSciences Vol3(1)January2012 13. 12% teachers are agree, 8% teachers are strongly agree, 0% teachers are somewhat agree, 43% teachers are disagree and 37% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that teachers of linguistic are present for teaching English. 4. 40 % teachers are strongly agree, 35% teachers are agree, 10% teachers are somewhat agree, 8% teachers are disagree and 7% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that tossmaster asks about performance from our teacher. 15. 36% teachers are strongly agree, 28% teachers are agree, 6 % teachers are somewhat agree, 20% teachers are disagree and 10% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that Head master takes interest in our English Lesson. 16. 30% teachers are strongly gree, 21% teachers are agree, 8% teachers are somewhat agree21% teachers are disagree and 20% teachers are agree to the statement that continuation of the period is reasonable. 17. 30% teachers are strongly agree, 37% teachers are agree, 7% teachers are somewhat agree, 20% teachers are disagree and 6% teachers strongly disagree to the statement that Monthly tests are given at school. 18. 38% teachers are strongly agree, 40% teachers are agree, 5% teachers are somewhat agree, 10% teachers are disagree and 10% teachers are disagree to the statement that period of English lesson begins in time. 19. 3% teachers are strongly agree, 33% teachers are agree, 4% teachers are somewhat agree, 10% teachers are disagree and 10% teachers are strongly disagree to the statement that English is given importance in the annual progress of the student in school. 20. 30% teachers are strongly agree, 15% teachers are agree, 30% teachers are somewhat agree, 10% teachers are disagree and 15% teachers strongly disagree to the statement that The method of setting English paper is correct. 9. Conclusions 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Teacher of English are not qualified and well trained. Teachers of English don not teach English in a proper manner.They are teaching through traditional (grammar translation) method. Teachers of English take their classes regularly. Teachers of English come to class with preparation. Audio- Visual aids are not used in English class. The course is not compatible to the present time. Teachers of linguistics are not present in our schools. English is given importance in the annual progress of the students in school. 10. Recommendations 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Qualified an d well trained teachers may be appointed for English. Teachers who have command over pronunciation, functional grammar and vocabulary.Teachers of English may use modern teaching method sort of of traditional methods. Direct method of teaching English may be used because it is a natural method of teaching a language. Audio visual aids may be used such as language lab cassette player, computer and English talk dictionary are very helpful in teaching a language. English course may be made compatible to the present time. Native literature should be included in the curriculum instead of foreign, in order to arouse interest of the students. Teachers may be encouraged to get linguistics knowledge. They may be trained in phonemics and phonetics. 10 ISSN2039? 2117 MediterraneanJournalofSocialSciences Vol3(1)January2012 References Aggarwal J. C. 1995. Essentials of Examination System, Vikas publish House (pvt) Ltd Bhatti, M. A. 1987. Secondary Education in Pakistan Perspective Planning. Na tional Education Council, Islamabad. Pakistan. pp. 223242. Brutt- Griffler, J. (2002). Word English. A study of its development. Clevedon, England. Multilingual Matters. Government of Pakistan. 1998. National Education Policy ,Ministry of Education , Islamabad,Pakistan. pp. 45-47. 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Causes of rising failure of the students in the subject of English (N0=100) Strongly agree =SA, Agree =A, somewhat agree =SWA, Disagree =DA, strongly disagree= SDA SA 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Teacher of English is qualified and well trained. Teacher of English teaches English in a proper manner. Teacher of English teaches his class regularly. Teacher of English explains difficult words in an easy way. Teacher of English comes with l preparation for his lesson.Audio-visual aids are used in the teaching of English. Syllabus of English is lengthy. Syllabus English is difficult. The course is compatible to the present time. There is suitable number of English periods in timetable. The time of an English period is suitable. Monthly test are taken regularly in an English class. Teachers of linguistic are present for teaching English. head master asks about our performance from our English teacher The Head maste r takes interests in our English class duration of the periods is reasonable The initiatory quarter, 3rd quarter and annual examination are given in School. he periods begin in time. English is given importance in the annual progress of the students in school. The method of setting the English written document is correct. 0% 0% 45% 52% 46% 12% 5% 3% 3% 27% 19% 43% 12% 40% 36% 30% 30% 38% 43% 30% A 0% 0% 54% 42% 36% 11% 5% 7% 6% 13% 31% 34% 8% 35% 28% 21% 37% 40% 33% 15% SWA 0% 0% 1% 2% 10% 2% 3% 14% 0% 5% 20% 8% 0% 10% 6% 8% 7% 5% 4% 30% DA 39% 64% 0% 4% 8% 29% 37% 20% 40% 20% 10% 10% 43% 8% 20% 21% 20% 10% 10% 10% SDA 61% 36% 0% 0% 0% 46% 50% 66% 50% 35% 20% 5% 37% 7% 10% 20% 6% 7% 10% 15% 611