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Research paper thumbnail of Relative Study of Written English Language Errors at HSSC Level in Government Colleges in Sindh: Comparisonof Rural and Urban Sindh

Teaching English as a second language has always been a big challenge for teachers who offer thei... more Teaching English as a second language has always been a big challenge for teachers who offer their services at non-native settings. Moreover, it has not been less than a challenging for a teacher to teach error-free writing techniques to his or her students. It demands an extensive and untiring efforts to serve this purpose in terms of writing. The teachers in Pakistan always put their extra efforts to address the common grammar mistakes and errors committed by L2 learners in a target language. The study was set to investigate common English language errors made by public and private college students belonging to both urban and rural parts of Sindh, Pakistan. The study found out the most common and apparent grammatical errors in students' essays including passive voice, verb, tense, subject-verb agreement, prepositions, articles, plurals and auxiliaries. Besides, errors were identified categorically according to their classification. The study involved 60 students and 20 teachers who were free to express their attitudes and opinions towards L2 English writing skills. The findings revealed that there were various grammatical errors between the HSSC students of both urban and rural Sindh. All those errors were due to intra-lingual transfer. The study found out that intra-lingual transfer of errors were more rampant than the inter-lingual ones. In addition, the findings of study showed that the English writing skills of public colleges in Sindh need constant practice and drill. Based on the findings, it is recommended that educators, policymakers as well as ESL teachers can get an invaluable language benefit. Moreover; this study will give teachers an insight to be well prepared before their learners for the target language. Finally, it is hoped that findings of this study would be a greater assistance in developing English writing skills among secondary students in Sindh, Pakistan.

Research paper thumbnail of Investigating Errors on High School Students from Govt. Schools of Sindh:An Error Analysis Perspective

Journal of Education and Practice, 2020

This study investigates errors on part of L2 learners' composed essays. 25 collected essays were ... more This study investigates errors on part of L2 learners' composed essays. 25 collected essays were studied, analyzed and assessed. The prevailing errors were spotted in terms of their recurrence. The participants in this study were high school students. The outcome exhibits that most of the participants commit grammatical errors in abundance with eleven types common in them. The study concluded that students were not in a position to show the difference among present, past and future tense, resulting a greater number of spelling errors as well.

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of Reading Anxiety on Reading Comprehension Performance in ESL Classroom of Boys’ Degree College Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan

Journal of Education and Practice, 2020

This study investigates the impact of foreign language reading anxiety upon reading comprehension... more This study investigates the impact of foreign language reading anxiety upon reading comprehension performance, the factors that affect comprehension performance, covering second language (L2). All Participants were Pakistani, studying English as a second language at government boys Degree College, Larkana, Sindh Pakistan. They were asked to fill the foreign language reading anxiety scale (FLRAS; Saito, Horwitz, & Garza, 1999) was developed to measure reading anxiety in L2. Reading comprehension tests were used to investigate students' reading comprehension performance in L2. Correlation analysis indicated that effect of reading anxiety was significant on reading comprehension performance of the students, it can be stated that students of boys Degree College face considerable challenges in comprehending the topics written with English. Students are unable to comprehend topics and concepts as they did not merely have lack of expertise in reading meanwhile, understanding, and pronunciation is also some fundamental challenges that are challenging the reading comprehension of students. In addition, the study found students face considerable challenges in reading comprehension also because they fail to remember letters. It can be stated that challenges for the students in the form of pronunciation, remembering letters, understanding collectively or individually results in the lower self-esteem, confidence and increased reading anxiety. Further, Reading anxiety which is developed due to discussed challenges has a significant impact on foreign reading comprehension performance. The study suggests that because of low self-esteem and confidence, students dislike reading in an ESL classroom.

Research paper thumbnail of Relative Study of Written English Language Errors at HSSC Level in Government Colleges in Sindh: Comparisonof Rural and Urban Sindh

Teaching English as a second language has always been a big challenge for teachers who offer thei... more Teaching English as a second language has always been a big challenge for teachers who offer their services at non-native settings. Moreover, it has not been less than a challenging for a teacher to teach error-free writing techniques to his or her students. It demands an extensive and untiring efforts to serve this purpose in terms of writing. The teachers in Pakistan always put their extra efforts to address the common grammar mistakes and errors committed by L2 learners in a target language. The study was set to investigate common English language errors made by public and private college students belonging to both urban and rural parts of Sindh, Pakistan. The study found out the most common and apparent grammatical errors in students' essays including passive voice, verb, tense, subject-verb agreement, prepositions, articles, plurals and auxiliaries. Besides, errors were identified categorically according to their classification. The study involved 60 students and 20 teachers who were free to express their attitudes and opinions towards L2 English writing skills. The findings revealed that there were various grammatical errors between the HSSC students of both urban and rural Sindh. All those errors were due to intra-lingual transfer. The study found out that intra-lingual transfer of errors were more rampant than the inter-lingual ones. In addition, the findings of study showed that the English writing skills of public colleges in Sindh need constant practice and drill. Based on the findings, it is recommended that educators, policymakers as well as ESL teachers can get an invaluable language benefit. Moreover; this study will give teachers an insight to be well prepared before their learners for the target language. Finally, it is hoped that findings of this study would be a greater assistance in developing English writing skills among secondary students in Sindh, Pakistan.

Research paper thumbnail of Investigating Errors on High School Students from Govt. Schools of Sindh:An Error Analysis Perspective

Journal of Education and Practice, 2020

This study investigates errors on part of L2 learners' composed essays. 25 collected essays were ... more This study investigates errors on part of L2 learners' composed essays. 25 collected essays were studied, analyzed and assessed. The prevailing errors were spotted in terms of their recurrence. The participants in this study were high school students. The outcome exhibits that most of the participants commit grammatical errors in abundance with eleven types common in them. The study concluded that students were not in a position to show the difference among present, past and future tense, resulting a greater number of spelling errors as well.

Research paper thumbnail of Impact of Reading Anxiety on Reading Comprehension Performance in ESL Classroom of Boys’ Degree College Larkana, Sindh, Pakistan

Journal of Education and Practice, 2020

This study investigates the impact of foreign language reading anxiety upon reading comprehension... more This study investigates the impact of foreign language reading anxiety upon reading comprehension performance, the factors that affect comprehension performance, covering second language (L2). All Participants were Pakistani, studying English as a second language at government boys Degree College, Larkana, Sindh Pakistan. They were asked to fill the foreign language reading anxiety scale (FLRAS; Saito, Horwitz, & Garza, 1999) was developed to measure reading anxiety in L2. Reading comprehension tests were used to investigate students' reading comprehension performance in L2. Correlation analysis indicated that effect of reading anxiety was significant on reading comprehension performance of the students, it can be stated that students of boys Degree College face considerable challenges in comprehending the topics written with English. Students are unable to comprehend topics and concepts as they did not merely have lack of expertise in reading meanwhile, understanding, and pronunciation is also some fundamental challenges that are challenging the reading comprehension of students. In addition, the study found students face considerable challenges in reading comprehension also because they fail to remember letters. It can be stated that challenges for the students in the form of pronunciation, remembering letters, understanding collectively or individually results in the lower self-esteem, confidence and increased reading anxiety. Further, Reading anxiety which is developed due to discussed challenges has a significant impact on foreign reading comprehension performance. The study suggests that because of low self-esteem and confidence, students dislike reading in an ESL classroom.