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Download full textSoomro, Muhammad Arif; Memon, Natasha; Memon, Shumaila Aijaz – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Teaching industry of English as a second or foreign language has grown massively in recent times in Pakistan. There are many public sectors universities and English academies established all over Pakistan offering English language proficiency courses. Therefore, this wave led to conduct this research. The purpose of conducting this study was to…
Descriptors: Best Practices, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Fatima, Irum; Pathan, Zahid Hussain – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
The primary purpose of this research is to investigate the vocabulary learning strategies employed by the undergraduate students of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women's University (SBKWU) and University of Balochistan (UOB), Quetta, Pakistan. A quantitative design was employed in this study to answer the two research questions of the present study. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Vocabulary Development, Comparative Analysis
Investigating Demotivation in Learning English: An Extension to Sakai and Kikuchi's (2009) Framework
Krishnan, K. Sarojani Devi; Aziz, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul; Pathan, Zahid Hussain – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2013
The aim of this research is to investigate the factors of demotivation in L2 learning of Pakistani undergraduates at the University of Balochistan, Quetta. A mixed-methods research design was employed in this study to explore the factors of demotivation. Quantitative data was obtained from the responses of a population of 116 first semester…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
Durrani, Hina – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
CLT and GTM have been popular and much practiced methodologies in classrooms worldwide in teaching English language. The purpose of the current research is to examine students' attitude towards Grammar Translation Method and CLT in Pakistan at graduate level. The data for the current study was collected through questionnaire from undergraduate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods, College Students
Ahmed, Mumtaz; Aftab, Maria; Yaqoob, Humaira – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2015
The main purpose of this descriptive research is to explore the fact that why students are less motivated towards English language learning at undergraduate level. It also throws light upon the very facts of motivation with regard to the factors like student-teacher relationship, class room environment, self esteem or self respect, and willingness…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
Wadho, Saeed; Memon, Shumaila; Memon, Rafique Ahmed – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016
Motivation is, without question, the most complex and challenging issue faced by English language teachers today (Schiedekr & Freeman, 1999). It is a key contributing factor for L2 learning (Cheng & Dornyei, 2007; Gardner, 1985b). It is an established fact that no motivation means no learning. Motivation comes from different sources.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
