The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2018(III-II).09      10.31703/ger.2018(III-II).09      Published : Fall 2018
Authored by : SairaMaqbool , AmeerSultan , RashidaImran

09 Pages : 85-93

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/ger.2018(III-II).09      10.31703/ger.2018(III-II).09      Published : Dec 2018

The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan

Abstract

    In Pakistan English is taught as a compulsory subject in private as well as public schools form primary till university level. Resulting in the different outcomes by different socioeconomic status student. The current study attempts to study the correlation between socio-economic status and their achievement in the subject of English using survey method. The data was collected through simple random sampling technique. Data was collected 162 students through questionnaire. The descriptive and Pearson correlation were used for data analysis. The results revealed that the students whose parents having managerial category had a high correlation with all the four (sentence, grammar, vocabulary and spelling) skills of English learning. Whereas, students from the unskilled and semiskilled families resulted in a low achievement in English.

    SES, English Achievement, Grammar, vocabulary. status

    (1) Saira Maqbool
    Assistant Professor,Department of English,Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (2) Ameer Sultan
    LecturerDepartment of English,International Islamic University Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Rashida Imran
    Lecturer,Department of English, Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Maqbool, S., Sultan, A., & Imran, R. (2018). The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan. Global Economics Review, III(II), 85-93. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2018(III-II).09

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Maqbool, Saira, Ameer Sultan, and Rashida Imran. 2018. "The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, III (II): 85-93 doi: 10.31703/ger.2018(III-II).09

HARVARD

    HARVARD : MAQBOOL, S., SULTAN, A. & IMRAN, R. 2018. The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan. Global Economics Review, III, 85-93.

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    MHRA : Maqbool, Saira, Ameer Sultan, and Rashida Imran. 2018. "The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, III: 85-93

MLA

    MLA : Maqbool, Saira, Ameer Sultan, and Rashida Imran. "The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan." Global Economics Review, III.II (2018): 85-93 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Maqbool, Saira, Sultan, Ameer, and Imran, Rashida (2018), "The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan", Global Economics Review, III (II), 85-93

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Maqbool, Saira, Ameer Sultan, and Rashida Imran. "The Relationship of Socio-Economic Status and Achievement of Learners in English as a Subject at Secondary Level in Pakistan." Global Economics Review III, no. II (2018): 85-93. https://doi.org/10.31703/ger.2018(III-II).09