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EXPLORING STUDENTS PERCEPTIONS OF THE TEACHING PEDAGOGIES IN DEVELOPING COMMUNICATION SKILLS AMONG MULTILINGUAL UNDERGRADUATES

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).22      10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).22      Published : Mar 2023

Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates

Abstract

    The focus of the research work is to report on research from the curriculum interventions that explored whether undergraduate university students are proficient enough in communication skills for social and academic purposes, moreover, the perception of students about their communication skills is studied and factors are identified that may have contributed towards their strong or poor communications skills in the English language. The study includes 300 undergraduate students, from four different programs and institutes. A survey having a questionnaire of 52 items is used and information obtained is sorted out with the help of SPSS in order to get a full and detailed picture of various patterns and themes. The findings of the survey establish that students having a better language learning experience at the school level perform better in their communication skills course at the university level.

    ESL, Communication Skills, Students’ Perception, Translingual Pedagogies Curriculum design

    (1) Shabana Zafar
    Senior Lecturer, University of Management & Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Muhammad Amir Hashmi
    Associate professor, Institute of Education & Research, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Madiha Shafiq
    M.Phil. Scholar, Superior University, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Zafar, S., Hashmi, M. A., & Shafiq, M. (2023). Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII(I), 252-272. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).22

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Zafar, Shabana, Muhammad Amir Hashmi, and Madiha Shafiq. 2023. "Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I): 252-272 doi: 10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).22

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ZAFAR, S., HASHMI, M. A. & SHAFIQ, M. 2023. Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates. Global Educational Studies Review, VIII, 252-272.

MHRA

    MHRA : Zafar, Shabana, Muhammad Amir Hashmi, and Madiha Shafiq. 2023. "Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII: 252-272

MLA

    MLA : Zafar, Shabana, Muhammad Amir Hashmi, and Madiha Shafiq. "Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates." Global Educational Studies Review, VIII.I (2023): 252-272 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Zafar, Shabana, Hashmi, Muhammad Amir, and Shafiq, Madiha (2023), "Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates", Global Educational Studies Review, VIII (I), 252-272

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Zafar, Shabana, Muhammad Amir Hashmi, and Madiha Shafiq. "Exploring Students' Perceptions of the teaching pedagogies: in developing Communication Skills among Multilingual Undergraduates." Global Educational Studies Review VIII, no. I (2023): 252-272. https://doi.org/10.31703/gesr.2023(VIII-I).22