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An acoustic phonetic study of six accents of Urdu in Pakistan
(University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2014) Farooq, Mahwish
Urdu is a lingua franca, an official language (Mahmood, 2004) and the mother tongue of only 7.5% population in Pakistan (Zia, 2011). The present study deals with an acoustic phonetic analysis which is conducted for finding out the accent variation in Pakistani Urdu. As, we know, Pakistan is a multilingual country therefore the purpose of the research is to analyze the influence of the other languages on Urdu. This research is based on quantitative methodology. The list of the 139 district names has been used as a corpus. The recording of the utterances by the speakers of Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, Balochi, Pashto and Saraiki languages have been collected by developing a system for online data collection. 30 Volunteers of each language have been enrolled to provide recordings for speech corpus. The corner vowels from the utterances have been evaluated by comparing them with the acoustic properties. Accent differences are acoustic manifestations of differences in duration, pitch, intonation pattern and of course the difference in phonetic transcription (Yan & Vaseghi, 2002). As this is the first step in the work of an acoustic phonetic study of Urdu accents therefore only variations of vowels have been identified by measuring the formant frequencies manually in PRAAT software. The preliminary analysis of first and second formant frequencies showed the differences in the characteristics of vowels. This research has verified that the formant frequencies of the vowels (uttered by the speakers of six major languages) show differences and variations across phonetic context. This is due to the fact that Urdu is the second or third language for Pakistani speakers (Rehman, 2002). It has also verified that some utterances are showing more similar values of formant frequencies (of the speakers‟ utterances) than the others e.g. the formant frequencies in the utterances of Urdu and Punjabi speakers while the other showing more variant and dissimilar formant tendencies as in the case of Urdu, Punjabi and Sindhi language speakers‟ utterances.
The acquisition of pragmatic competence and the implication of the critical period hypothesis
(University of Management and Technology, 2012) Rashida Manzoor
Today many second language acquisition researchers are agree that the acquisition of pragmatic competence in foreign language is a challenge for learners. The difficulty is not always with the syntactic realisation, or the phonological system or lexicon etc. for these learners, but the actual problem arises when they struggle for the learning of target language pragmatics. The inappropriate use of L2 pragmatics, especially the request strategies leave the impression that these L2 speakers are rude, slow or impolite (Scollon and Scollon, 1983). However, the present study investigates the role that age plays in the acquisition of pragmatic competence. A total number of 30 participants took part in this study. They were divided into 3 groups, group A, British Native Speakers of English, Group B Post-Critical Period Hypotheses and Group C Pre-Critical Period Hypotheses. These participants were given 3 different situations (Higher to lower, Equal to equal, and Lower to higher) to produce responses in the form of requests. It is found that the British native speakers of English are inclined to use more indirect request strategies in the all situations. The Post-critical period hypothesis participants produced more direct responses. The Pre-critical period hypothesis participants were also found to be indirect, similar to the group A, the British Native speakers of English. It was found that age factor plays a crucial role in the learning of pragmatics competence, and there is an inter-cultural difference in the use of request strategies.
Aetiology of stuttering and its manifestation in bilingual children
(2011) Saima Akhtar
Stuttering in bilinguals is an area that has not received much attention. Stuttering and its manifestations in Bilingual Children who stutter with L1 (Urdu) and L2 (English) are dimensions, the present study draw on. This research investigates the most common stuttering sounds among bilingual children between 5 to 12 years old. This study is an attempt to analyze stuttering in relation with mother tongue and with stutter's second language. The study also explores whether or not speech aphasia is neurogenic or psychogenic cause. Findings indicate that vowels, bilabials, alveolar, velar and palatoalveolar are problematic sounds for bilingual stutterers. Moreover; stuttering is psychogenic speech disorder as compared to its neurogenic causes. The results regarding frequency of stuttering (L1 or L2) concur with the findings of Nwokah (1988) who ascertained that bilingual stutterers were more likely to stutter in one language than in another. The clinical implications and treatments in the light of findings are also presented to gain insight into the phenomena of stuttering.
Alignment between secondary school certificate (ssc) english assessments of bises of the punjab and national curriculum of Pakistan 2006
(UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, 2015) Muhammad Saqib Zafar
Establishing Alignment between English Curriculum of Secondary School Certificate and assessments to ascertain the validity and reliability of assessment tool is very necessary in the present era. It is important to make connections between the actual learning and the intended learning. More importantly, valid and reliable measurement of proficiency in English at Secondary School Certificate (SSC) level is imperative because SSC is a basic qualification which leads to higher degrees in all disciplines and English is taught as a compulsory subject at this level.
Analysis of cyber language: Identifying gender differences
(University of Management and Technology, 2012) Amna Mukhtar
The purpose of the current study is to examine gender differences among the students of various age groups who use Facebook. The study focuses on gender differences on lexical as well as grammatical level. The gender based differences are scrutinized at four basic parameters such as: new word formation, reduction, deletion, and insertion. These parameters were further divided into clipping, onomatopoeic compounding, blending, conversion, abbreviation at lexical level and copula, subject and punctuation deletion and insertion, code mixing and capitalization on grammatical level. A sample of hundred participants (from Facebook) was chosen to answer the research questions. The Facebook users were divided into four distinct groups depending on their age to confirm gender based linguistic differences. The number of messages sent by each participant and the total number of words were calculated. The messages were coded for lexical as well as grammatical features. The frequencies of the lexical and grammatical features were counted and converted into proportions by dividing the total frequency by the total word count and multiplying by hundred to yield frequency per hundred words. The frequency of lexical and grammatical features was measured to prove the males' and females' use of any particular feature. The results indicate that males and females not only use different stylistic features but linguistic features as well. The study shows that females tend more towards insertion, whereas males are more inclined towards deletion. It has also been noted that females are the dominant users of punctuation marks, emoticons, abbreviations, acronyms, emoticons, and onomatopoeic. On the other hand, males tend to delete copula, subject, and punctuation marks.
An analysis of L1 interference errors and its implementation in ESL pedagogy at secondary level
(2011) Zahoor Ahmed
The primary purpose of this study was to enhance the realization and importance of Error Analysis, especially Interference Errors in the vast field of Applied Linguistics. The study was aimed at showing the significance of Error Analysis in English language teaching scenario in Pakistan. For this purpose, the vast area of Error Analysis was narrowed down and focused only on L1 Interference Errors in ESL pedagogy at Secondary level. Therefore, after brief introduction and back ground of Error Analysis the study was focused mainly on Interference Errors i.e. L1 interference errors. This research was designed in a case study format. For this purpose, the researcher was involved in practical teaching situation at Secondary level. Classroom tests, homework and assignments were monitored by the researcher to collect the requisite data of students' errors due to L1 interference. Where classroom assignments and home work done by the students provided enough data to be processed and analyzed. The researcher also observed the teaching methodologies of English language teachers, while sitting in different classrooms, where English language teaching – learning process was in progress regularly. Actually, the scope of the study was limited only to the students of Aligarh Public School and College (Residential) Manga, Lahore. Yet the study can be helpful to the teachers of English language anywhere else in Pakistan. Therefore, the research findings and conclusion / suggestions can be generalized for ESL pedagogy at secondary level after generalizing the study in other parts of our homeland.
Analysis of the effects of power and social distance upon politeness patterns
(University of Management and Technology, 2013) Rooma Naureen
This study attempts to analyze the effects of the social variables i.e. power and social distance upon politeness. It investigates how much the phenomenon of politeness is related to power and social distance. It explores whether Brown and Levinson‟s politeness theory can be applied to Pakistani culture or not. This research is conducted in schools, colleges, universities, government and private sector offices situated in Lahore city. It is based upon mix design i.e. a combination of both qualitative and quantitative approach. Two instruments i.e. questionnaires and recordings have been used for data collection. Questionnaires are developed on the basis of Discourse Completion Test (DCT) which is a questionnaire containing situations, briefly described and designed to elicit a particular speech act. The recordings are based on interactions taking place between two speakers. Different situations regarding request and apology have been assigned to the participants and they had to respond according to them. The quantitative data collected through questionnaires was analyzed through SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) and Word Excel. The qualitative data collected through recordings was analyzed through Word Excel. The results of the study revealed that social variables i.e. „power‟ and „social distance‟ have a significant influence on people‟s use of polite language. Statistical evidence shows that social distance is directly related to politeness while power is indirectly related to politeness. It means that the greater the social distance, the more polite language people will employ while the greater the power, the less polite language people will use. The powerless people show great respect for the powerful people, while the powerful need not show respect for the powerless. Hence, the powerless people use more polite language as compared to the powerful people. The study recommends that further research is required on other issues related to politeness such as the comparative study of politeness phenomenon in each gender to find out whether vi females are more polite or males. This study is helpful not only for the researchers of pragmatics rather of anthropology, sociolinguistics and sociology since the phenomenon of politeness comes under all these disciplines. Findings from this pragmatic research can aid applied linguistics and studies in cross-cultural communication in general.
Analysis of the syllabi of English textbooks regarding students' cultural needs at intermediate level
(University of Management and Technology, 2014) Asif, Muhammad
An effort has been made by the current research for taking an analytical review of the syllabi of Textbooks prescribed by Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore (Pakistan) between January, 2009 to December, 2012 regarding the fulfillment of students’ need of cultural awareness. Assessment of the presence of the aspects of cultural integaration, attaining information about the number of contents as the representatives of Pakistani culture in the syllabus of textbooks and making cultural needs analysis as integral part of syllabus were the core aims of this research. After conducting data analysis of the contents of the syllabus of the five textbooks of English (selected after purposive sampling) for Intermediate level (prescribed between January, 2009 to December, 2012 by Punjab Textbook Board, Lahore (Pakistan), researcher found that the number of the contents as the representative of Pakistani culture in the syllabus of the Textbooks of English for the Intermediate level was relatively less with lack of knowledge about cultural aspects (like information about customs, conventions and traditions of Pakistan) for promoting a spirit of cultural identity in Pakistani students. Syllabus designers and content developers also ignored the topics of historical nature for producing familiarity about historical personalities and historical events in syllabus. They designed and compiled the syllabus without considering students’ cultural needs in the light of sociocultural aspects of English in Pakistani society. The study may be effective in generating awareness in public about the relatively weak state and inability of the syllabus in producing cultural awareness in students. It also puts a heavy responsibility on syllabus designers and content developers’ shoulders for designing and compiling a new syllabus after conducting a proper cultural needs analysis for designing a new syllabus for the students of Intermediate level after considering the recommendations and suggestions presented by this study.
Analyzing errors in the use of inflectional morphemes by Pakistani young learners
(University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2016) Fatima Dogar, Maria
The research on acquisition of inflectional morphology in languages has been an area of great interest for the last 40 years. Learners that achieve the high level of proficiency in L2 feel uncertainty when it comes to grammatical inflections. The present study employs Error analysis to identify deviations from the target language and proposes the more or less problematic Inflectional morphemes. The data that comprised of 24 creative writing journals of grade 5 students from Sicas Lahore was analyzed manually by the researcher. The frequency and percentage were calculated in order to find the accuracy level of the English inflectional morphemes. Moreover, the scatter plots were analyzed to reflect upon the pattern of use of each inflectional morpheme by individual students. It is found that there is a wide gap in the mastery of the inflectional morphemes. The most frequent inflectional morpheme is the plural morpheme. Present participial has dominance over the other verb forms. Scatter plots of the past tense and subject verb agreement reflect that both of them are in the hypothesis testing phase of the error analysis but the frequency of past tense inflection is almost five folds to the frequency of the subject-verb agreement inflection. This indicates that subject- verb agreement poses more problems for the learners. The comparative degree, superlative degree and the possessive inflection have minimal occurrences but percentage accuracy is very high. That is the most striking finding of the present study.
Analyzing grammtical and punctuation errors
(University of Management and Technology, 2012) Rana Imran Ali
The current thesis presents an overview of the grammatical and punctuation errors committed by the students in English courses of Virtual University of Pakistan. These students mainly focus on the concepts of management sciences and computer sciences. Consequently, they fail to concentrate on the grammatical errors which are the important part of their writing skills. The researcher selected a stratified random sample of ninety nine students through random number technique by using T-Yamani's method of selecting a sample for descriptive cum statistical analysis from online creative writings in thousands of Graded Discussion Boards (GDBs) conducted in the internal examination system of Virtual University of Pakistan. The researcher identified, analyzed and evaluated the errors committed by the students and presented these with the help of tables and bar charts. Finally, certain recommendations have been put forward for effective writing skills to the students and the teachers in virtual mode of education.
Animated Cartoon Movies: An Innovative and Effective Teaching and Learning Tool in Enhancing English Story Writing Skills
(University of Management & Technology, 2017) Zara Saleem
In PakistanEnglish language learners face many difficulties while they pass through the process of learning another language. Especially it is very difficult for the children to keep in mind all the rules of language use at an early age. In order to facilitate language learning in particular story writing skills, this study aims to target students'/subjects' creativity through inspirational and interesting animated cartoon movies. During the study the learners are given a free hand to formulate an expression devoid of reluctance towards learning the language and its rules. An experimental and purposive sampling technique was used to find out the effect of animated cartoon movies on students' story writing skills. After making the female students of grade VIII of a semi-government school watch cartoon movies, a series of story writing tests including a pre and post-test was conducted to find out its effect on English language learning. These tests were assessed on four different criteria including the assessment of language, vocabulary use, organization, and narrative techniques. The results of these scoring rubrics consisted of five points which were shown through graphic and numeric presentations.
Borrowing of verbs and light verbs
(UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, 2015) Ayesha Batool
Borrowing is a socio linguistic practice when one language takes a word from another language. Borrowing of verbs is a cross linguistics phenomenon. Different morphological processes involve in the accommodation of a verb from one language to another. Some languages borrow verbal roots from other languages and put in those verbal roots into their own morphology. However, some exceptional case or a light verb as “to do” is required to adjust the borrowed verbal root.Light verbs are a very important syntactic issue in world's languages. In some languages, light verbs are covert and others have overt light verbs.This study discusses the borrowing pattern of verbs in English and Urdu, and their relationship with covert and overt light verbs.Through content anaylsis this study differentiates the inflectional pattern of native and borrowed verbs in English and Urdu.The findings show that having covert light verbs, English borrowing pattern is different from Urdu which have overt light verbs. English borrows verbal roots from other languages particularly Greek, Latin and French and treat these verbal roots as a native item.Urdu also has borrowed significant number of verbs from Arabic, Persian and Turkish lexicon.But Urdu language has different approach in borrowing because light verbs are overt in it.Light verbs are widely used in Urdu.The borrowed verbs in Urdu do not follow the morphological pattern of Urdu; instead of this these borrowed verbs remain uninflected and take light verbs ker “to do”, de “give” and ly “take” along with them.
Case markers in Punjabi language
(University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2016) Qurat-ul-Ain
The title of my thesis is “Case Markers in Punjabi Language”. This study elaborates the present range of case markers and their organization and use in targeted language. It helps to suggest the range of disparity in case marking in Punjabi and offers a comprehensive exploration, how semantic case marking is used for its argument charting. It would help to determine specific case markers with restricted semantic sense and usage along with similarities and difference in Urdu and English language. The aim of this dissertation was to detect a probable footing for an instructive study of the perceived asymmetrical case marking in this language which is provided by elaborated examples and comparisons from Urdu. The research is conducted by consulting data and presents a qualitative analysis of this aspect of Punjabi Grammar. Case marking is significant to determine the place of noun within syntactic arrangement. Sentences are collected according to case marker and requirement of its analysis. This research is conducted by presenting comparison of Punjabi language and its grammar with Urdu and Punjabi. It suggests marked similarities and differences between Urdu and Punjabi language. This study is significant for it provides a window to Punjabi Grammar and Its Case Markers.
A case study of Haryanvi language in Pakistan
(UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, 2015) Aslam, Maryam
The purpose of this study is to know the present status of Haryanvi language in Pakistan. Haryanvi speech community migrated from the current state of Haryana, India and settled across various parts of Pakistan in 1947. After the migration, Haryanvi speech community eventually came in contact with various dialects and languages spoken across Pakistan. It seems as Haryanvi has been depleting ever since. There are striking differences in the speed of change across the various linguistic levels, such as phonology, lexis, syntax and semantics. The present study explores intergenerational lexical shift in the Haryanvi language. Labov (1963, 1966) argues that language change can be observed through different age groups. Thus, the Apparent Time Hypothesis was considered for studying intergenerational lexical shift in the Haryanvi language. The data was collected from 60 participants belonging to three different age groups. The three age groups were composed of participants whose ages were between 20-30 years, 40-50 years, and 60-80 years, respectively. All the participants were residents of the province Punjab, which is in a way representative of the target population. A list of items of daily use along with their images was administered to elicit their responses. The study shows that there is more likely a significant lexical shift between 20-30 years old Haryanvi speakers. The second age group (40-50 years) was quite successful to retain some words e.g., Janda, Khat, Chora, Choriand so on. However, those who were between 60-80 years seem true representatives of the Haryanvi language because their responses were correct in all instances presented to them. There is reason to believe that the Haryanvi language would suffer badly after the death of last person in this age group. Nevertheless, with these findings we can safely speculate that the Haryanvi language is endangered.
A Case Study of Language Development in 0.1-0.9 Year Old Child
(University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2015) Shahadat, Naila
The purpose of this study was to observe language development in a child from the birth up to the age of 9 months. The present research focused on the acquisition of human speech sounds by a child, in comparison with non-human sounds. Other than that, the study also tried to explore the effects of audio-visual elements on language development. A new born baby boy was the subject of the current study. The total observation period of 9 months was broken down into three stages. Each stage comprised of three months of child’s age. The data was collect edin the form of audio and video recordings, documents and interviews with family members of the subject. After observing the subject for 9 months, conclusions were drawn and compared with past studies in the same area. A child goes through many human and non-human sounds during his language acquisition period but as devised by Chomsky (2004) that language is innate (Chomsky, 2004), child accepts only human speech signals to acquire language. The research concluded that both sound and image help a child to acquire a language. Individually, they cannot be beneficial in developing language in a child. Language development is a systematic process, which is achieved by a child in the early period of his or her life, no matter child comes across how many human and non-human sounds. It becomes easier for a child when he or she finds pictorial representation of what he or she listen.
Co-relational study of the extent of interinsic/extrinsic motivation to code-switching on facebook
(University of Management and Technology, 2014) Rabia Sohail
This study is based on a fast factor of language change namely Code-Switching the people who switch code, are divided on the basis of their intrinsic or extrinsic motivational scores. This division helps in recognizing the direct agents of language change. It also helps in identifying people’s behavior towards language on the basis of their motivational pattern. The purpose of this study is to identify the people’s attitude towards code-switching by first measuring their motivational type and score and then analyzing their data from Facebook. 30 intrinsically and extrinsically motivated people of society of age from 15 to 40 years are selected through convenient sampling. Their motivation level is estimated through a specifically designed questionnaire. Along with Facebook data a questionnaire has served the purpose of measuring the participants’ motivation level. To co-relate these two variables of motivation and code switching, the scores were compared and co-relational coefficient was calculated. The results show that higher level of motivation; extrinsic or intrinsic shows least Code switching as correlation was found in both groups. Further examination revealed that intrinsically motivated participants show uniform behavior of least code switching and more use of English with the higher score of motivation whereas in extrinsically motivated group this trend is not clear as there are participants who exhibit varied responses. The participants who are motivated in both ways who have no clear distinctive motivational behavior are usually undecided and they do more code switching. Moreover female participants are more intrinsically motivated than male participants. The co-relational coefficient shows that the study was successful in finding a relation between the two variables.
Code mixing and indigenization in lahori mewati
(University of Management and Technolog, 2017) Shazia Altaf
The purpose of this study is to carry out a research on sociolinguistic variables facilitating the code mixing and indigenization in Lahori Mewati Language. Back in 1947 Mewatis migrated from the present-day state of Haryana, India and settled themselves in different regions of newly formed Pakistan. After that, migrated Mewatis eventually came in close contact with various dialects and languages spoken and studied in Pakistan. Such an exposure brought forward some sociolinguistic variables who further gauged the quality and quantity of code mixing/indigenization in Lahori Mewati dialect. Subsequently on the basis of these variables different social groups were categorized and studied. During the course of subject research it was revealed that under the influence sociolinguistic variables, for example the education and age, Meawti dialect of Lahore region undergone through different linguistic changes. These changes when investigated and evaluated they were found particular as well as pertinent to a specific social group. On the basis of these results conclusions were iterated who correlate the type and extent of change with nature, behavior and communal preferences of a specific social group. The present study also explores intergenerational lexical shift in the Mewati language attributed by education and technological interaction. Labov (1963, 1966) argues that language change can be observed through different age groups. The data was collected from 36 respondents. Out of these 18 were belonging to three different age groups i.e. 15-30 years, 31-45 years, and 46-60 years. Rests of 18 respondents were from three educational categories i.e. educated, semi-educated and non-educated. All the respondents were inhabitants of Lahore region, which is in a way representative of the target population. The study shows that the Mewatis of age group 46-60 years are deemed as true representatives of Mewati who are found to be the least susceptible social group towards language changes via code mixing or indigenization It is undoubtedly obvious that future of Mewati is the linguistic attitude of its youth and educated class who are observed with a greater rate of English and Urdu code mixing in Mewati language. This change introduced by the constant shade of sociolinguistic variables is believed as an inescapable phenomenon of Lahori Mewati Language.
Code-mixing as a communicative strategy among the university level students in Pakistan
(2011) Furrakh Abbas; Sahar Aslam; Rana Abdul Majid Khan
This paper explores code-mixing as a communicative strategy among the students at the university level. A sample of sixty students from four universities was selected for the purpose of collecting spoken data. The instrument used to collect spoken corpus was a short interview, seeking information about their life. A questionnaire comprising 20 items was also distributed among 150 students of these institutes in order to analyze their perception of code-mixing as a communicative strategy. The transcription and analysis of the recorded data reveals that the university students employed code-mixing as an authentic communicative strategy. The results of the questionnaire also show that they conceived code-mixing as a strong communicative tool.There was not much difference in the perceptions of male and female with regard to code-mixing as a communicative strategy. Thus, the research concludes that the university students perceive code-mixing as a communicative strategy as well as use code-mixing to facilitate communication.
Code-switching by phases: A minimalist perspective
(University of Management and Technology, 2016) Ahmed Malik, Nazir
The study attempts to establish that there is no essential difference between bilingual and monolingual linguistic competence as the negative and positive Urdu/English code-switching data may satisfactorily be accounted for within the provisions of Chomsky’s (2000, 2001, 2005 and 2008) Phase Theory. The inability of the existing CS-models in accounting for the recurring switches in the data necessitates the minimalist account of CS offered in the study. It is proposed that both mixed and unmixed sentences are derived in a similar fashion in two distinct derivational chunks called Phases. Since one phase does not remain accessible to the other due to Phase Impenetrability Condition, switches in each phase are determined independently of each other. As locus of parametric variation, v plays crucial role in interaction between two distinct grammatical systems. As documented in the data, selection of v from one lexicon precludes the selection of T and D from the opposite lexicon due to a mismatch in their feature specifications; however, C, being phase head itself remains out of the control of v, and therefore, may be contributed by either of the lexicons subject to its compatibility with its complement TP. Adopting ‘root’ view of lexical categories, it is argued that lexical categories being unspecified roots may be supplied by either of the lexicons randomly; however, selection of functional categories is subject to their correspondence to the feature specifications of v. The difference in switching behavior of adjunct and complement projections also stems from their different structural relation to v. It is further posited that it is v instead of V or head-parameter which determines linear order of constituents. It is concluded that all mixed and unmixed derivations including switches involving different heads and complements adhere to a general condition of well-formedness which restricts any conflict in feature specifications of syntactic objects involved in a derivation; hence no CS-specific postulates required to account for CS-data.
Communicative Language Teaching Versus Transmission Models of Teaching in a Government College: An Experimental Study
(University of Management and Technology Lahore, 2017) Maimoona Rana
This study is conducted to investigate the effectiveness of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in Public sector colleges of Lahore. English is treated as a second language in Pakistanand Transmission Models of teaching based on Grammar Translation method is the main approach towards ESL context in Public sector colleges in Lahore. The nature of the study is experimental and is designed to trace improvement in comprehension and writing skills of low proficient English language learners at Intermediate level. An Experimental group and a Control group are used to study the effect of implementing Communicative language approach for this purpose. A pre-test and post-test is carried out to measure any improvement in the students' cognitive learning process. The Experimental group is given treatment through vigorous interventions comprising of Communicative Language Teaching based activities. The Control group is taught through the traditional method comprising of Grammar Translation Method. The data collected from the two groups is analyzed using SPSS. The comparative result of the Experimental group and the Control group shows a significant improvement in the learning process, comprehension and writing skills of the subjects of the Experimental group. The analysis proves the appropriateness of Communicative Language Teaching Approach in an ESL context. It proves its effectiveness in the enhancement of comprehension and writing skills of low proficient English language learners.

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