TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS TRANSLANGUAGING STRATEGY IN ESL CLASSROOM SETTINGS OF PAKISTANI PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

Authors

  • Zehra Batool Riphah Institute of Language and Literature, Riphah International University, Lahore Pakistan
  • Kiran Shahzadi   Riphah International University, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan
  • Sara Malik Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad Lecturer in English, Department of English, ISP Multan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52567/pjsr.v4i03.732

Abstract

As a multilingual country, Pakistan faces a plethora of problems in language as a medium of instruction in educational institutions. This research aims to analyse the teachers’ perceptions regarding the use of students’ first language (L1) as a language of instruction in English as a second language (ESL) classroom setting. To analyse this, the data was collected from twenty-five English Language Teachers from different private universities of Lahore, Pakistan in the form of a questionnaire: teacher’s perceptions regarding translanguaging strategy. This questionnaire was adapted from Nambisan’s (2014) work. SPSS was employed to analyse the collected data and the results revealed that using students’ first language along with English as a language of teaching in an ESL classroom is beneficial. Moreover, twenty-one teachers have encouraged the use of students L1 in the classroom. After getting the results, the researchers of this study recommend increasing the linguistic resources in classroom setting and to do experimental or case study to measure the true effect of this strategy on students’ learning by future researchers.

Keywords: Translanguaging, medium of instruction, teachers’ perceptions, ESL classroom

Author Biographies

  • Zehra Batool, Riphah Institute of Language and Literature, Riphah International University, Lahore Pakistan

    Lecturer

  • Kiran Shahzadi  , Riphah International University, Lahore, Punjab Pakistan

    MPhil Linguistics Scholar 

     

  • Sara Malik, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad Lecturer in English, Department of English, ISP Multan

    PhD scholar

     

Additional Files

Published

2022-09-30

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 03 (2022): Pakistan Journal of Social Research PJSR

Section

Research Article

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How to Cite

[1]
“TEACHERS’ PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS TRANSLANGUAGING STRATEGY IN ESL CLASSROOM SETTINGS OF PAKISTANI PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES”, Pak. J, Soc. Sci., vol. 4, no. 03, pp. 423–432, Sep. 2022, doi: 10.52567/pjsr.v4i03.732.