4. INTRODUCTION
• English is serving as the key to success
• It is one of the most important languages in the
world.
• English being the universal language links the whole
world together.
• It is a basic mode of communications.
• It is the principal language in which every research
findings are published.
5. English is the language of the latest business
management in the world.
“Anyone who can read English can keep in touch
with the whole world without leaving his own
house.”
(F.G. French)
6. • English language is a vital means of communication
for millions of people around the world.
• “Most of the scientific, technological and
academic information in the world is expressed
in English and over 80% of all the information
stored in electronic retrieval systems is in
English’.
(Crystal, 1997:106).
7. SYNOPSIS
• Most popular language used for
communication
• Principle language in every field
• Basic mode in which every information
is expressed
• Through this research we tried to
highlight importance of English
8. CONT….
• Reasons behind dominancy of English language
As a way of communication
Main findings in this research
International language
Reasons of Dominancy are different forms of media
Important for youngsters
9. OBJECTIVES OF RESEARCH
• To find how English is utilized as
mean of communication.
• To find how people feel about
English as a language.
• To find how people use English to
share knowledge and interact with each
other.
10. CONT…
To find how English developed as an international
language of communication.
To develop accurate and effective oral, reading and
writing skills.
To give recommendation for improving English skills
in Pakistan.
12. •English language is becoming the basic need of
today’s developing world.
•Different people have made researches in this
field of study that how English is serving as a
way of communication as a global language.
13. IMPORTANCE OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN
CORPORATE WORLD
• Miss. Smit Menon and Mr. Nimesh Patel (vol.1, issue.1,
December 2012) in their research paper have tried to
throw a light on importance of English language in the
corporate world.
Objectives of their research were :
• To know use of English language in corporate world.
• To identify the challenges faced while communicating in
English
• To know the ways to improve English.
14. They have given various reasons for the importance of
English some of which are as follows:
15. ADDRESSING ENGLISH AS UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE
• SHEME MARY in her research “ADDRESSING ENGLISH AS UNIVERSAL
LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE” has tried to study the importance, status and the
role of English language in the development of science.
• Her research analyzes how a language acts as a tool in the process of global
communication of scientific research.
• The challenges faced by scientists who are not native speakers of English are
also discussed
16. ENGLISH AS THE LANGUAGE
FOR DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN by
Fauzia Shamim
OBJECTIVES:
•English now widely recognized as a world
language
•It is important to recognize the
relationship between English and
development
17. EDUCATION LANGUAGE AND DEVELOPMENT
The Researcher has tried to find out the
relationship between English and development
MAIN THEME OF RESEARCH
English Plays Many Roles In Development
Including:
Increasing individuals’ employability
Enabling international collaboration and co-
operation
Providing access to research and information
Facilitating the international mobility
of students, tourists, workers and others
19. EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION REQUIRES
AN EFFECTIVE SPEAKING SKILL
• Improving English Oral
Communication Skills Of Pakistani Public School's Students by Qutbi Alam
& Dr. Ayesha Bashir (Vol.1, No 2, pp. 17-36, December 2013)
PURPOSE OF THE RESEARCH
• To improve students’ Oral Communication Skills due to the increasing demand
and importance
• To highlight new ways in order to improve students' speaking skills
• To provide new ways for second language learners and teachers for helping
them to communicate effectively and efficiently.
20. METHODOLGY:
• There are two methods of a research: Quantitative and
Qualitative.
• We have done a quantitative research. We selected our topic i.e.
“ENGLISH AS A WAY OF COMMUNICATION”
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH:
• Quantitative research is ‘Explaining phenomena by collecting
numerical data that are analyzed using mathematically based
methods (in particular Statistics).
RESEARCH TOOL :
QUESTIONAIRE
• For testing the hypothesis we prepared a questionnaire
21. QUANTITY OF QUESTIONS
Our questionnaire is comprised of 10 questions.
QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN
There are two types of questionnaire designs, open- ended and close
ended.
The design of the questionnaire we chose was based on closed ended
questions in which the respondents were given a list of predetermined
responses from which they had to choose their answer.
22. CONT. ..
DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
The questionnaire is filled up by 10 Females
Include the Teachers and students of FJWU
We distributed the questionnaires to some students and teachers of
Environmental Sciences Department and English Department in
particular.
AGE GROUP
Respondents age group is between 18-25 years.
DATA COLLECTION
We collected the data obtained from the filled questionnaires, and
analyzed it by simple mean statistic and made pie chart to visualize
our results
23.
24. Need of English for:
a)Global communication
b)Researches published in English
c)Language of syllabus in Pakistan
d)other
25.
26. The aim of teaching English to the student is for:
a)Communication to the whole world
b)Understand the speaker
c)Both
d)none
27.
28. Feelings about English as a language are:
a)Interesting language
b)Boring language
c)Difficult language
d)A language with rich vocabulary
29.
30. Can you survive perfectly in modern age of
communication without learning English?
a)Yes
b)No
31.
32. Material you used for learning this language
is:
a)Newspapers
b)Electronic media
c)Books
d)None of them
33.
34. In which circumstances you use English in your
organization?
a)Use in email
b)To do research on internet
c)To talk with people at International conference
d)To talk with visitors
38. The reason why English has become so
dominant is:
a) Military power
b) Industry
c) Media
d) All of them
39.
40. Politicians need more English:
a) Strongly agree
b) agree
c) disagree
d) strongly disagree
41.
42. Most useful English language skill is:
a)Listening
b)Reading
c)writing
d)Speaking
43.
44.
45. • English is highly preferred language as compared to
the other languages.
• Speaking and reading is highly
used to improve communication
in English language.
46. Media is playing an
important role in the
dominancy of English. It
helps to bridge the
communication gap between
urban and rural population to
create harmony in through
English language.
47. • Politicians especially of developing countries like
Pakistan need English in order to have good relations
and for the development of their country.
• English is very important for
global communication.
48. English language is very important for having an
entry in organization; it also helps for career
development and is mandatory at organizational
level.
49. RECOMENDATIONS:
• Major steps must be taken to improve the
communication skills of Pakistani students as well as
workers and other official people by conducting
seminars, training programs.
• Confidence should be instilled amongst the
employees to use English language as a means of
communication.
• All citizens should also be self motivated to use
English language and should take maximum steps to
improve themselves if they are lagging behind.
50. Cont..
•Media penetration in rural areas is required to reach
the people, to fill up the communication gap and
strengthen the development.
•The government should frame a policy to nationalize
language centers.
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