English language teaching methods and their influence on pupils’ academic performance of the subject:
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Date
2023
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Publisher
Journal of Education and Development (JED).
Abstract
This article underscores the English language Teaching methods and their influence on the
academic performance of the subject among public primary school pupils in Kilolo District in
Tanzania. Using the descriptive research design, the study was conducted at Ukumbi Primary
School, Kilolo, Iringa region to standards four and seven. The secondary data were collected using
the documentary reviews from the Standard Four and Standard Seven national examinations
results of English language subjects requested from the head teacher, whereas the primary data
were collected using questionnaires, interviews, and introspection techniques which were
purposefully administered to the Standard Four and Standard Seven classes to check onto the
methods of teaching English language to public primary schools and their influences on the pupils’
subject academic performance which seems to promote or deteriorate the learners’ interests in
English as the medium of instruction. The target sample sizes in Standard Four and Standard Seven
were randomly selected for an unbiased information search. The data collected were summarized,
organized, recorded- and presented using a variety of tools such as tables, charts, distribution and
graphs with the help of Excel and MS Word features which helped the interpretation of the findings
to get the relevant information of this article. The findings show that most of the pupils have
problems with oral communication, and pronunciation including sound, stress, and intonation as
the English Language teaching methods used hardly care about their learning. The article
recommends that primary school teachers should be given special training on the English language
teaching methods that favour the development of communicative abilities in primary school pupils.
Description
Research article
Keywords
Teaching methods, Teaching, Medium- instruction, English language