Attitude of undergraduate students towards English Teaching as a Foreign Language: A Case Study of BE Students at Emerson University Multan

The present research is a an examination of the attitudes of university students conducted by a university lecturer at Emerson University Multan. The study provides insight into the level of motivation these students have for their English language class, their expectations for the course, their responses to the material being taught, and their general mindset regarding English as a foreign language. The instructors interviewed classmates from different programmes with open-ended questions to obtain in-depth qualitative responses and with a questionnaire of closed-ended questions for quantitative analysis as well. According to the research questions, the responses of the students were categorised and analysed to determine the most common responses and the essence of students' feedback in order to improve our educational content and policy on English as a required subject in undergraduate programmes.  The analysis of their responses revealed that the majority of students desired to learn English, but found the course material, teaching methods, and classroom instructions somewhat tedious. The majority of students anticipated instruction in grammar and spoken abilities. Very few students believed that subject-specific English might need to be taught to them in ESP courses. This study's findings are restricted to Emerson University Multan students

CORRELATION BETWEEN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF STUDENTS AT PRIMARY LEVEL

The trainings of the teachers are the basic and essential need of our education sector in Pakistan. Major objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between the capacity building of teachers and academic achievement of students at primary level, and to identify the effects of capacity building of the teachers on the academic achievement of students, As the study was descriptive in nature therefore survey research design was chosen to achieve these objectives. Primary school teachers of district Multan were delimited for the study. The questionnaire which consisted of 30 statements were used as research tool after validation of the tool data were collected from 281 male and  female PSTs selected through stratified random sampling technique. Statistical techniques:  percentage, mean,  t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Pearson correlation coefficient  were used to find out the relationship between the capacity building of teachers and academic achievement of students. Results revealed that capacity building has effects on the pedagogical skills of the teachers and has great impact on the personality and skills  of teachers as well as academic performance  of students Results showed that capacity building enhances the classroom management skills of the teacher and it has great impact on the academic achievements of students. Results of correlations depicted that there is significant difference between teacher’s capacity building and students’ academic achievement

Need Assessment of Guidance and Counselling Services at the Secondary Level in Southern Punjab, Pakistan

The main purpose of the present study is to observe need assessment for guidance and Counseling services and its existing status at secondary level in Southern Punjab, Pakistan. Furthermore, it was important to identify the most common problems faced by the students at secondary level. The present study was delimited to different public and private sector secondary schools of districts including Multan, Khanewal and Lodhran from the province of Punjab. Target Population of the study was consisted of forty (40) secondary schools, out of which twenty (20) public and twenty (20) private sector secondary schools. Total three hundred and ten (310) students were taken as a sample by using simple random sampling technique by using table of random numbers. A Questionnaire was developed as research tool which was based upon five points (05) Likert-type scale to collect quantitative data. After data collection, data was coded to analyze by using SPSS software. The results of the present study showed that there was a need to introduce guidance and Counseling services at secondary school level to address the students’ dire needs. Moreover, orientation programs are needed to arrange for teachers to provide professional training about these services. It was also recommended that guidance and Counseling services are the best solution to resolve personal, psychological & educational problems, source of educational, professional & personality growth, development and motivation towards their studies

Correlation between Capacity Development of Teachers and Academic Performance of Students at Primary level

The trainings of the teachers are the basic and essential need of our education sector in Pakistan. Major objectives of the study were to investigate the relationship between the capacity building of teachers and academic achievement of students at primary level, and to identify the effects of capacity building of the teachers on the academic achievement of students, As the study was descriptive in nature therefore survey research design was chosen to achieve these objectives. Primary school teachers of district Multan were delimited for the study. The questionnaire which consisted of 30 statements were used as research tool after validation of the tool data were collected from 281 male and  female PSTs selected through stratified random sampling technique. Statistical techniques:  percentage, mean, t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. Pearson correlation coefficient  were used to find out the relationship between the capacity building of teachers and academic achievement of students. Results revealed that capacity building has effects on the pedagogical skills of the teachers and has great impact on the personality and skills  of teachers as well as academic performance  of students Results showed that capacity building enhances the classroom management skills of the teacher and it has great impact on the academic achievements of students. Results of correlations depicted that there is significant difference between teacher’s capacity building and students’ academic achievement