TEACHERS’ PERCEPTION TOWARDS TEACHING ENGLISH GRAMMAR THROUGH COMMUNICATIVE APPROACH AT TERRITORY LEVEL (A CASE STUDY OF DISTRICT MULTAN)

Abstract

Communicative Language Teaching Approach has a wide range of benefits to minimize the language learning hurdles. Modern trends in second language learning, requires such approaches which could make the students ``learned and spoken”. This phenomenon can enhance the linguistic as well as
communicative competence of the students in terms of grammar understanding and language use. Present study is conducted to understand the perceptions of teachers regarding English grammar teaching through communicative approach. The study is conducted in District Multan through the
questionnaire tool. The questionnaire is used as a survey to know the perceptions of the English language teachers regarding teaching English grammar through communicative approach. Selected sample of the study is 200 English language teachers teaching in different institutes of Multan. Study
is based on convenient sampling. Data analysis is made through Microsoft Excel 2010 in which the percentages of the responses and mean value are calculated to know the significance of the statements. The results described that the teachers of District Multan are well aware of the significance of the communicative approach for English language grammar and they very much intended to apply this approach for effective grammar learning results.