“English As A Way Of

Communication”

• ACKNOWLEDGEMTENT

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.

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)

• 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).

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

CONT….• Reasons behind dominancy of English

languageAs a way of communication

Main findings in this researchInternational languageReasons of Dominancy are different forms of

mediaImportant for youngsters

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.

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.

LITERATURE REVIEW

•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.

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.

They have given various reasons for the importance of

English some of which are as follows:

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

ENGLISH AS THE LANGUAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN by Fauzia ShamimOBJECTIVES:•English now widely recognized as a world language•It is important to recognize the relationship between English and development

EDUCATION LANGUAGE AND DEVELOPMENTThe Researcher has tried to find out the

relationship between English and development

MAIN THEME OF RESEARCHEnglish Plays Many Roles In

DevelopmentIncluding:

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

PRESENTED BY

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.

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

QUANTITY OF QUESTIONSOur questionnaire is comprised of 10 questions.QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGNThere 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.

CONT. ..DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS The questionnaire is filled up by 10 Females Include the Teachers and students of FJWUWe distributed the questionnaires to some students and

teachers of Environmental Sciences Department and English Department in particular.

AGE GROUPRespondents age group is between 18-25 years. DATA COLLECTIONWe collected the data obtained from the filled

questionnaires, and analyzed it by simple mean statistic and made pie chart to visualize our results

Need of English for:a)Global communicationb)Researches published in Englishc)Language of syllabus in Pakistand)other

The aim of teaching English to the student is for:

a)Communication to the whole worldb)Understand the speakerc)Both d)none

Feelings about English as a language are:a)Interesting languageb)Boring languagec)Difficult languaged)A language with rich vocabulary

Can you survive perfectly in modern age of communication without learning English?

a)Yesb)No

Material you used for learning this language is:

a)Newspapersb)Electronic mediac)Booksd)None of them

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

conferenced)To talk with visitors

Talking to youngsters in English is:a)Necessary b)Sufficientc)No needd) Don’t know

The reason why English has become so dominant is:

a) Military powerb) Industryc) Media d) All of them

Politicians need more English:a) Strongly agreeb) agreec) disagreed) strongly disagree

Most useful English language skill is:

a)Listeningb)Readingc)writingd)Speaking

• English is highly preferred language as compared to the other languages.

• Speaking and reading is highly used to improve communication in English language.

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.

• 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.

English language is very important for having an entry in organization; it also helps for career development and is mandatory at organizational level.

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.

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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