Abstract
This study was conducted to explore specification for vocabulary development in curriculum
and instruction at primary level. The objectives of this study were: a) to evaluate specification
of vocabulary building in English text-books being used in public and private sectors at
primary level; b) to investigate the techniques used for vocabulary building by teachers; and c)
to compare the specification for vocabulary building in public and private sectors. To achieve
these objectives, English text-books from classes 1-5 were evaluated and analyzed to examine
the comparative specification of vocabulary building at primary level. Besides this, a
questionnaire probing the use of various techniques/activities for vocabulary building was
administered to randomly selected 100 English teachers (50 from public and 50 from private
sector). The analyzed data revealed that there was almost double specification of vocabulary
in text-books used by the private institutions as compared to the text-books used in public
sector institutions. Furthermore, the provision of vocabulary development in text-books in
both sectors was not up to the mark according to the theoretical assumptions; and teachers
were deficient in the effective use of vocabulary development techniques. On the basis of
findings, it was suggested to revise and improve text-books of English, arrange in-service
trainings for developing teaching skills of language teachers, and conduct further research in
the area of vocabulary development.
Sajid Jamil, Muhammad Iqbal Majoka, Muhammad Saeed Khan. (2014) A Study of Vocabulary Building in English Language Curriculum at Primary Level in Pakistan, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-24, Issue-1.
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