It sought to identify communication challenges faced by teachers of English language in selected primary schools for the hearing impaired in Central Kenya. nglish language in their multilingual classrooms. Problems for implementing English curriculum in school: All of the teachers claim that there are many problems to implement English curriculum such as high student – teacher ratio, small class size, insufficient teaching aids, lack of subject based training, unavailability of teacher guide, scarcity of language lab, proper physical facilities such as school building, classroom size, electricity supply, … Despite the growing need, learners encounter many challenges in learning the language since to many the English Language is a second language (L 2). Studentsâ attitudes towards an English language teaching approach play an important role for its implementation success or failure. Then, in the second phase, purposeful sampling was done and data was collected through survey questionnaire containing close-ended statements focusing on the challenges highlighted by focused group participants and open-ended questions focusing on strategies adopted to overcome these challenges. This article aims to discuss all the âProblems Faced by the Teacher in Teaching the English Languageâ.That what are the problems that the English teachers faced in teaching the English language. Asia Pacific Journal of Education. Lack of quality training, lack of awareness of using latest and modern teaching technique and low salary are some of those problems. The questionnaire and interview results show that communicating in. Teachers donât want to recognize that an ESL class is far, far away from a natural language usage environment. Instructing students in the English language involves building a student's reading and speaking vocabulary and understanding of written and spoken English language. The teachers in the last one are mostly fresh graduate or some time they have just left their own education. These findings are aligned with the earlier researches: The study points out the lack of confidence as one major hurdle in English discourse development in Pakistani learners as is found by Rasheed, Zeeshan & Zaidi (2017). Nevertheless, the study indicated that major attention and effort are still necessary to be given to the approach. of English language is concerned. The study aims to explore how children's English discourse is different from that of an adult, problems related to the development of English discourse that children and adults face in Pakistan, and how to overcome them. A melting pot and the educational center of the North, Baguio City, Philippines demands teaching strategies that not only adapt to the interplay of the different cultures and languages but give importance to them, too. In a study to find out the challenges faced by the Junior Secondary School (JHS) integrated science teachers in Ghana, Adu-Gyamfi (2014) found that their major challenge was the nonavailability of teaching and learning resources. All above discussed educational systems have many lacks and inabilities & are causing lot of problems to the students and in a result ruining the new generation. Employing a mixed-method research based on purposeful sampling, the data was initially collected through semi structured interviews of the focussed group of the research participants and further validated by means of survey questionnaire filled by the entire research population. English language is taught as a compulsory subject up to graduate level in Pakistani educational system. Hence, the study examines challenges encountered by pre-service teachers during teaching practice. This study was carried out at one of the taluka of district Naushahro Feroze Sindh Pakistan. Lartec, the strategies used by the teachers in a multilingual cl, The recorded interviews were transcribed and co, interesting manner. Teachers of other subjects keep changing the language of instruction from English to either Kiswahili or Mother tongue either because they are incompetent in English language or in order to have the learners understand the subject matter. Those barriers include micro-context barriers or linguistic difficulties such as students' practice of spoken English, textual factors, too much vocabulary in English language, cultural competence and mismatching between what is spoken and written. Interviews were also taken from the teachers and English teaching sessions were observed using an observation checklist to find out the real present scenario of teaching English language ⦠Sixty English Language teachers teaching this component were involved in this study. The results of classroom observations of the. The use of the English language at Secondary/high schools in Africa today is indispensable given its wide spread use globally. The above mentioned problems are just a few of other problems but in my opinion these are the major ones faced by students. Some educational implications have been proposed to find some solutions to those barriers from the researcher's viewpoint. The participants were, ersity to provide an opportunity to the Albanian and, nglish as a medium of instruction. observed for a week or so to obtain more accurate results. To analyze the significance difference, if any, between the average perceptions of students and teachers about higher secondary studentsâ English language proficiency; independent samples t-test was applied. The Language Center, which operates within this university, offers English courses to all students from all SEEU faculties, starting from general English skills up to academic and ESP. But it is facing numerous problems in learning. <>>>
On the other side the macro-context barriers include large classes, poor teacher knowledge, not enough class time, poor infrastructure, focus on written form in examinations, family education, and sticking into a particular method. Lacking p, (Zeeshan, 2013). endobj
Tufail, Kanwal, & BadarT, Pakistan to investigate the challenges faced by the lear, were 60 teachers teaching English language at different, language teachers teaching in schools. Copyright for this article is retained by the author(s), This is an open-access article distributed under the te. The, passive listener in the classrooms and do not take an active part in classroom discussions or activities. The observations generally confirmed the results from th, This study aimed to determine the challenges faced by, teaching English language in a multilingual context of Quetta, for the English teachers because students in this region, Saraiki. Three main themes emerged from the analysis. In this region, the inhabitants for communication purpose speak a number of local languages such as Baluchi, Brahvi, Pashto, Saraiki, Punjabi, Urdu, Sindhi and Persian. However, narrative data that allows the researcher to investigat, pedagogical techniques used in the class, medium of in. According to, because of the difficult vocabulary and gr, students, who try to speak English in the classroom, shou, The researcher observed the classes of all the ten par, participants are quite the same as reported, In the classrooms, the students were const, At times teachers and students both were found using loca, Pushto, Punjabi and Persian because the students were hes. The findings of the study, teachers, 6 English experts and 70 secondary school, was difficult and not according to the nee, the multilingual setting is the biggest challenge of this, What are the challenges faced by the female govern, ment secondary school English teachers teaching in, ary school teachers were selected for the study, of the female teachers, teaching English at. It continues to be one of the teaching subjects at school level, and the teaching of this language has a dominating influence over the whole structure of our educational system. The objectives of the abstraction were to analyze the options of medium of instruction in Pakistan and to emphasize the efforts fabricated by the antecedent Govt. sm�����P��KQf��߃46(�|�-(ԠRh�@X��?�h�b��\M�c�G"�,R�6�� ��O����=�=1fA • Private and Government … In a society characterized by acute class division and intense class consciousness, parents from the lower, lower middle or working strata of society All rights reserved. It is enjoying status of medium of instruction as well as compulsory subject in Pakistan. x���r�F��U���� �KU4-�J|ERvk��MA���|�v�\4S���)r����5��dS�׳y]��~;��|W��ݔ�YU�W���������'G�,ȣ<
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The present study explores Norwegian language teachersâ beliefs about multilingualism and the use of a multilingual pedagogical approach in the third-language (L3) classroom. The study suggests that; the teachers may be trained to cope with the challenges they face in their multilingual classrooms. The respondents were teachers purposively selected from the suggested pilot schools of Mother Tongue - Based Multilingual Education (MTB-MLE) in Baguio City. The countries " educationists and facilitators often face multidimensional challenges at the time of They found ingenuous ways of coping with the situation, but their work performance was affected. The following will outline 10 of the most common classroom problems faced when teaching English as a foreign language, and just how to solve them. schools, highly resourceful privately managed schools and low fee privately managed schools. This paper focuses on the question of whether there is a use of the L1 in ELF teaching at SEEU, Language Center English classes. In the modern world of today, English language is frequently used as a medium of communication at the international level and among the multilingual speakers. Tel: 92-335-2325-688, Received: March 27, 2017 Accepted: April, Baluchistan is a multi-linguistic and multi-ethnic province of Pakistan. 4 0 obj
Consequently, high school English teachers essentially used grammar translation to meet the expectations of the national curriculum. Classes may progress slowly despite your efforts. Some of the common classroom challenges faced by teachers include lack of teamwork, minimal personal time, working towards long term goals, arguments and student excuses, etc. As a more interactive and attractive presentation of the content and variations in the assessment may increase students' involvement and will make this application more effective and will produce good results. Common difficulties and solutions in teaching English as a foreign language 1. The data was collected through, language. I saw progress in an eight-year-old boy who, starting with a low grasp of the English alphabet, was reading a short story in English within four weeks. The first element is the study of one or more academic, cultural, or aesthetic subjects for the purpose both of continuing the student’s own education and of providing him with knowledge to use in his subsequent teaching career. Problems and Solutions of Teaching English as a Second Language English holds a place of status in our country, even after more than six decades since Britishers left India. Malik, F.J. (1996) The Teaching of English in Pakistan: A Study in Teacher Education. 2 0 obj
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Data was collected from 90 primary teachers including both male and female of government schools and was analyzed on SPSS version 16. Challenges faced by the secondary school teachers in their multilingual classrooms, International Journal of English Linguistics; Vol. Data were collected from students at two government secondary schools located in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. For this research, the class, actice. In Baluchistan, the same syllabus is being followe, students of the urban areas. views, the students cannot understand even the short sent, students still feel shy to use English language in their conversation. The prime task for English language is the classrooms having students of different languages, facing by the instructors as well as pupils in other part of the world including Quetta, Pakistan. The study was limited to the newly inducted teachers teaching English at secondary level in district Abbottabad (KPK), Pakistan. Students learning a second language often learn at different paces and generally learn material differently. Teaching and learning English for global communication become the common and powerful phenomenon in almost all the countries of the world. These students do not belong to educated, schools which are already Urdu medium, they face a lot, show that the influence of many regional languages can be, In the multilingual classrooms of Quetta, Baluchistan, teach. The study used qualitative analysis with interview as the main data gathering tool. Despite the daily challenges I faced as an English teacher in South Africa, the work was extremely gratifying. This study highlights the difficulties of teaching English at primary level in rural areas of Punjab in Pakistan. Now the situation is getting very pathetic and if not noticed and controlled , the future of whole nation will be very miserable. ... A large number of teachers are tasked with teaching students from different grades during a ⦠Teaching English language in a multilingual context is an enormous challenge for the English teachers due to linguistic diversity in the classrooms. (2008). 8, ESP World. Moreover, teachers should be provided with appropriate training to meticulously implement the revised English curriculum. Teaching listening by English language teachers is a crucial issue. Majority of the classrooms are teacher-centered and students hardly find any chance to practice English in the classroom. Medium of instruction is a matter of great debate among teachers, educationists and parents. Currently teaching in college he has published novels, poetry and a variety of articles for online health and fitness publications, and is currently working on two new projects as well as continuing online writing. What is the mother-tongue (L1) of your students? Learning English, imagining global: Th, https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/cgp/v15i10/4, communicative language teaching and grammar translation. Problems faced by teachers in Pakistan. Akram & Qureshi (2012) determined the, males who participated in this research from four differ, English teachers and students in their classr, and the experts were interviewed. 3 0 obj
A survey instrument was used to assess studentsâ attitudes. Three of the teachers were M.Phil in, to collect the data. Drawing principally on Continua of Biliteracy, an ecological framework (âRevisiting the Continua of Biliteracy: International and Critical Perspectives.â Language and Education: An International Journal 14 (2): 96â122; Continua of Biliteracy: An Ecological Framework for Educational Policy, Research, and Practice in Multilingual Settings. It was discovered that a conducive environment, exploration of experiential knowledge, student centeredness, and teaching language as a social practice are the fundamental teaching philosophies. These reasons hindered the teaching and learning process of English. An official named as "Monitoring & Evaluation Assistant (MEA)" visits every school allocated by authorities once in a month and selects 07-10 students randomly to evaluate them on his own tablet by recording answers of multiple questions related to English, Urdu and Mathematics. Educational Problems in Pakistan 1. Multilingual classroom emerged as a major them, Baluchistan context. Join ResearchGate to find the people and research you need to help your work. semi-structured interviews and participant observation. <>
The results of, student teachers for their classes; it further suggests that, schools is not a good proposal because it is a critical, supported by the institute. According to Jimenez & Rose (2010), without any systematic effort, students in the process of, learning English have no hope of acquiring the kinds and am, not only transmitting knowledge to the students; instead, it is, In Baluchistan, a number of local languages are spoken su, and Saraiki. Effects of English and Urdu Medium Education System in Pakistan 23. The findings of the study revealed that inappropriate classrooms with deficient resources posed major challenges for the teachers to effectively communicate the revised curriculum. lish is taught as a third language in Baluchistan. Second, the practice of teaching English in varied instructional settings is described. The current study reflects the findings of Aziz et al. Teaching English language in a multilingual context is an enormous challenge for the English teachers due to linguistic diversity in the classrooms. This study is guided by the following research questio, female English teachers may employ to overcome, (M.Ed) qualifications. The study was undertaken to identify the problems of teachers as well as students, regarding the subject. Since the, wards the use of L1 in the class. English is by far the most widely used language around the world. classrooms. During classroom, ants were randomly selected for this resear, ough two questionnaires and was analyzed using ANOV, est hindrance in learning English language. These findings are aligned with the earlier researches: The study points out the lack of confidence as one major hurdle in English discourse development in Pakistani learners as is found by. Apart from the above, this study investigates whether there are any differences in problems faced between experienced and newly employed teachers who are teaching English. (2015) who highlighted that the interference of the native language hindered the teaching-learning process. Developing studentsâ ability in writing is one of the major challenges faced by the ESL teachers in most schools nowadays. To achieve these objectives, explanatory sequential mixed research design was used. Teaching English is a great task for English teacher to teach primary school students in multilingual society like India where English plays an important role however may be the different teacher training program like D.Ed., B.Ed., M. Ed. © 2008-2020 ResearchGate GmbH. English with the public posed a problem for the support staff although the nature of their work did not require them to read or write in English. Despite the need and importance of English language, it has, to enable them to read, to speak and to write with, ch as Pashto, Baluchi, Brahvi, Persian, Punjabi, Urdu, nges especially for the English teachers teaching at, udy is designed to investigate the challeng, the students in the classrooms. The sample population was from Tehsil Minchinabad in District Bahawal Nagar. �ېր�'��Ap�����ً >z5[��b5��"l�\�ǨT)�$K�1�3M_N^�B�;AK{�CI_/(D�=�
.q��d[9zypj�-�X�~3ȞL.0��&�Eo|yB)���z>�����aF8? shto, Urdu, Brahvi, Persian, Saraiki and Baluchi. Another obstacle that prohibited teachers from spending adequate time with children with mathematics problems was the time teachers were expected to Pakistan schools, the curriculum and the teachers all seem to be clueless as far as the objectives of learning English are concerned. 77-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/1478088706qp063oa, De Haan, M., & Elbers, E. (2009). This has caused a great concern not only among English teachers, general teachers and their students, but also among parents, educators and administrators, in our teaching and learning practice. Data was collected through the use of questionnaire as well as the semi-structured interviews. The paper examines and elaborates the methodological strategies that English teachers employ in order to accommodate and facilitate the needs of the students who have been raised and educated in a multilingual setting. 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