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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF CLT IN THE ESL CONTEXT OF PAKISTAN

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).08      10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).08      Published : Mar 2016

The Effectiveness of CLT in the ESL Context of Pakistan

Abstract

    The study investigates the effectiveness of Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in Public sector colleges of Pakistan. The experimental study traces improvement in comprehension and writing skills of intermediate level students (studying in grades 11 and 12). An experiment group and a control group are used to study the effects of CLT on learners’ progress. A pre-test and post-test are carried out to measure any improvement in the students’ cognitive learning process. The experiment group is given treatment through vigorous intervention of CLT based activities. The control group is taught through the traditional method of GTM. The data collected from the two groups are analyzed using SPSS. The results show a significant improvement in the learning process, comprehension and writing skills of the students in the experiment group. The analysis proves the appropriateness of CLT for Pakistani ESL context.

    CLT, Experimental Design, ESL, GMT, Intermediate Level Learners, Pakistani Context.

    (1) Arshad Ali Khan
    Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, UMT Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Hussain Ahmad
    Lecturer, English Language Institute, King Abdul Aziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
    (3) Sayyed Rashid Ali Shah
    Assistant Professor, Faculty for Languages and Translation, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
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    TURABIAN : Khan, Arshad Ali, Hussain Ahmad, and Sayyed Rashid Ali Shah. "The Effectiveness of CLT in the ESL Context of Pakistan." Global Language Review I, no. I (2016): 85-111. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2016(I-I).08