Title: A Review of English Textbook at Secondary Level in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to review English Text Book at Secondary Level in the Province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Pakistan. Major objectives of the study were to present the views of the teachers and students about the get up of the book, arrangement and suitability of the prose lessons and related exercises, suitability of the poems as well as the approach and methodology used in grammar units and related exercises assessed by the teachers and students. The study was conducted through descriptive survey research. The population of the research study comprised all the English Teachers and Students studying the subject of English Textbook 2 in all Secondary Schools (Government/ Private, Boys / Girls, Urban / Rural and Residential / Days Schools) in District Mardan, (KPK). Eight Secondary Schools were selected as sample using cluster random sampling technique. Two English Teachers and Five students each studying English Book 2 presently were taken from each of sampled schools using convenient sampling. A close ended structured questionnaire was developed and framed on five points Lickert Scale which comprised twenty items. The questionnaire was administered to the English teachers and secondary class students studying the subject of English Book 2 for the collection of data by the researcher himself. The data was analyzed using Mean Score, Standard Deviation and Percentage. The findings of the study were to bring significant changes in the textbook. The study recommended that the interest of the students should be always kept in mind while a textbook is being framed .
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: review
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