Teaching of English at Secondary Level: A Comparative Study of Public Schools and Madaris of District Mianwali

Abstract

The study was designed to compare Public Schools and Madarisof District Mianwali regarding teaching of English as a subject and to find out satisfaction of students with English teachers. Multi-stage sampling method was used to draw sample. At first stage 6 public schools were selected through simple random sampling method and all 6 Madaris where English was taught were selected. At second stage, 120 students of 8^th and 9^th class were selected from each school and Madrisa by giving equal representation. At third stage, 12 English teachers of 8^th and 9^th class were selected through simple random sampling from public schools and 12 teachers from Madaris were selected. Results of the study showed that reading and writing were given some attention by the English teachers of both Public Schools and Madaris while listening and speaking skills were not given attention by teachers. Teachers of English of both types of institutions were using simple method of grammar translation but students of Public Schools were able to understand easy English without translation in Urdu as compared to students of Madaris who were not able to do that. Moreover, students were satisfied with their teachers. It is recommended that professional training of teachers should be arranged in order to update them about English language