Browsing by Author "Nayab Younas"

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    A comparative study of task based approach and traditional approach in english language teaching
    (UMT Lahore, 2017) Nayab Younas
    This study is conducted to examine the usefulness of Task based teaching method in the teaching of English language in government sector colleges of Lahore. Language teaching is never an easy job for English language teachers. The traditional method is still dominating in Pakistani colleges for teaching English and no innovations have been implemented by the educational policy makers and teachers. The traditional method did not provide fruitful results in enhancing reading comprehension skill of the students. The technique is used in this study is experimental and is designed to trace improvement in comprehension and reading skills of low proficient English learners at graduation level. Both pre-test and post-test conducted to measure any improvement in the students’ learning process. The group of sixty is divided into two groups from the local college of Lahore. The Experimental group is given treatment through dynamic intervention comprising of task based lesson plans based activities. The Control group is taught through the traditional method encompassing of Grammar Translation Method. The data collected from the two groups is analyzed using SPSS. The proportional result of both groups (Experimental and Control) illustrated a substantial development in the learning method, comprehension and reading skills of the subjects of the Experimental group. The analysis verifies the suitability of task based teaching approach in an ESL context. The study shows that the constructivism is the effective learning theory in which the TBLT falls should be implemented in colleges. It proves its effectiveness in the enhancement of reading skills of low proficient English language learners.
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    A comparative study of task based approach and traditional approach in English language teaching
    (University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2017) Nayab Younas
    This study is conducted to examine the usefulness of Task based teaching method in the teaching of English language in government sector colleges of Lahore. Language teaching is never an easy job for English language teachers. The traditional method is still dominating in Pakistani colleges for teaching English and no innovations have been implemented by the educational policy makers and teachers. The traditional method did not provide fruitful results in enhancing reading comprehension skill of the students. The technique is used in this study is experimental and is designed to trace improvement in comprehension and reading skills of low proficient English learners at graduation level. Both pre-test and post-test conducted to measure any improvement in the students' learning process. The group of sixty is divided into two groups from the local college of Lahore. The Experimental group is given treatment through dynamic intervention comprising of task based lesson plans based activities. The Control group is taught through the traditional method encompassing of Grammar Translation Method. The data collected from the two groups is analyzed using SPSS. The proportional result of both groups (Experimental and Control) illustrated a substantial development in the learning method, comprehension and reading skills of the subjects of the Experimental group. The analysis verifies the suitability of task based teaching approach in an ESL context. The study shows that the constructivism is the effective learning theory in which the TBLT falls should be implemented in colleges. It proves its effectiveness in the enhancement of reading skills of low proficient English language learners.
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    Influence of social factors in teachability and learnability in second language acquisition
    (UMT, Lahore, 2008) Nayab Younas
    The purpose of this study was to examine the social factors in teaching and learning second language acquisition in government schools of Lahore. The data in this study were collected through self-administered questionnaires from a sample of 10 teachers and 20 students from randomly selected areas. The questionnaire instrument consisted of questions designed by the researcher. Overall, the study indicated that teachers and students faced many social factors which influence badly in the process of teaching and learning second language acquisition at secondary level in government schools of Lahore. This thesis demonstrated that the overall quality and availability of teaching second language acquisition in government schools of Lahore was poor. Next, the analysis determined that which social factors influence defectively teaching and learning second language acquisition in government schools. Finally, the thesis discerned that feasible, acceptable and suitable ways overcome these problems for students and teachers. This thesis concluded that language teachers did not teach English language according to new methods and techniques and students felt imcomfortable in learning process.