Teaching Productive Skills to the Students: a secondary Level Scenario

 
 
 
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3.1 
Research Design 
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3.2 
Instruments of data Collection 
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3.2.1 Written Questionnaire 
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3.2.2 Interview 
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3.3 
Population and Sampling
46 
3.4 
Validity and Reliability 
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3.5 
Procedure of Data Collection 
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3.6 
Ethical Considerations 
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Chapter 4: Findings and Analysis 
 
 
 
 
 
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4.1 
The Questionnaire
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4.2 
Data Analysis 
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4.2.1 Quantitative Data Analysis
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4.2.2 Qualitative Data Analysis
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Chapter 5: Discussion and Recommendations 
 
 
 
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5.1 
Discussion on Findings 
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5.2 
Recommendations for Improving Speaking Skill 
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5.3 
Recommendations for Improving Writing Skill
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Chapter 6: Conclusion
 
 
 
 
 
 
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References
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Appendices
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Appendix 1: Instrument for 
the Students’ Questionnaire Survey 
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Appendix 2: 
Instrument for the Teachers’ Questionnaire Survey 
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Chapter 1 
 
Introduction 
 
1.1 
Background 
 
In the world of globalization, English has increasingly become the medium in 
every domain of communication, both in local and global contexts. As a result, the 
demand for using English effectively is necessary in every country. Teaching and 
learning English, except for the native language, is thus crucial for communicative 
purposes to cope with the growing local, national and international demands for English 
skills. In Bangladesh, English is considered as a foreign language, and is used for the 
purposes of academic advancement, career advancement, and traveling abroad. To 
cope with the growing local and international demand, a number of efforts from all 
parties involved have been made to the Bangladeshi educational system to help boost 
the 
learners‟ English performance. 
The process of learning English is slow and progressive and it could be 
interpreted as a series of challenges to face. This process consists of the development 
of certain skills. According to the common framework, these are divided into productive 
and receptive. Receptive skills comprise reading and listening. They are important 
because they allow learners to understand contents, textbooks, works or documents. 
Productive skillsare consist of speaking and writing and they are significant because 
they permit learners to perform in communicative aspects such as oral presentations, 
written studies and reports among others. Therefore, these skills need to be developed 
and learnt properly. 
According to the experiences of many teachers as well as learners of foreign 
languages, most difficulties are found in the process of learning and teaching productive 
skills. On the other hand different methods, approaches and techniques are invented to 
make the teaching and learning process of productive skills easier both for teachers and 
learners. Thus the main purpose of this study is to identify the techniques of teaching 

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productive skills as practiced in the modern world as well as in our country. This study 
sought to answer few questions related to the implementation of those techniques in our 
country. 
Hopefully, answering those questions will help us to find a way to utilize modern 
and contemporary techniques in our country in an effective manner. Subsequently, the 
purpose of this study is to identify and suggest probable solution to effective teaching of 
productive skills. 
In communicative approach there are four basic skills of learning foreign 
language like English i.e. listening, speaking, reading and writing. When it comes to 
talking aboutusing English at any level of education whether it is primary, secondary, 
intermediate or at the tertiary level, it requires teaching the four skills of the language 
giving equal importance on each of these skills. Each of these is important. In 
communication and especially in communicative English each skill demands equal 
importance. Ever growing needs for using English around the world is the consequence 
of the role of En
glish as the world‟s international language have given priority to finding 
more effective ways to teach these crucial language skills. 
In Bangladesh Secondary education is one of the most important sectors in 
education. English is taught at this level but appropriate emphasis is not given on 
learner‟s speaking and writing skills. Though speaking and writing are the two common 
means of communication, education planners of primary, secondary and higher 
secondary levels give less emphasis on these skills. As a result, students could not 
apply English in their practical life successfully. This present study explores approaches 
to the teaching of speaking and writing skills in Secondary education system.