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This document summarizes a research study on the effectiveness of activity-based English teaching. A questionnaire was distributed to teachers to gather data on their use of activity-based teaching methods and its impact on student motivation and academic achievement. The results showed that most teachers found activity-based teaching to be more engaging for students and better at improving skills like critical thinking compared to traditional lecture-based methods. However, some teachers reported challenges in implementing activities due to lack of resources or training. Overall, the study concluded that activity-based teaching improves student motivation and performance in English.

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Effectiveness of Activity Based English Teaching

Research conducted by Touheeda Ashraf

Roll No.BX509538
Registration No.16-PDN-02640
Semester Spring, 2019
Diploma TEFL
Under Supervision of Prof. Mumtaz Ahmed

ALLAMA IQBAL OPEN UNIVERSITY, D. G.

KHAN CAMPUS

Table of Contents

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Abstract

Introduction

Methodology / Procedure

Questionnaire

Results / Discussions

Conclusion

References

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Effectiveness of Activity Based English Teaching

ABSTRACT:

This research was conducted to determine the effects of activity-based teaching

on student motivation and academic achievement. A questionnaire is designed
to investigate the effectiveness of activity based teaching for improving
integrated skills. The first step in this project was to gather information about
what motivates students to learn. And the second step of the project was to
examine the effects of activity based teaching. Questionnaire was used to
analyze the effects of activity based teaching. The main value indicated that
participants from experimental group showed more achievement. The survey
showed that the majority students found the activity based teaching to be more
interesting than lecture based teaching.

INTRODUCTION.

The emphasis of effective learning in a classroom has vital importance in

student retention. The teachers are required to be adaptive to the changing
classroom and students needs’ such that the students enjoy the course and
establish goals. One such method is Activity Based Learning, which is defines
as a learning process in which students are constantly engaged. Activity Based
Learning is defined as a setup where students actively participate in the learning
experience rather than sit as passive listeners. Churchill (2003) propagates that
activity-based learning aids students and learners to construct mental models
that allow for higher-order performance such as applied problem solving and
transfer of information and skills.

Activity-based learning is the baseline for creative and critical thinking skills
enhancement. However, this method will not function properly if students are
not motivated enough to achieve their actual potential. The most useful and

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effective method to teach concepts that are complex in nature is by involving
students in interactive activities, which also the bone of activity based learning.
By utilizing different activities in the classroom, critical thinking skills and
creative skills of the students are also enhanced.

This research study was conducted to determine the effectiveness of

activity-based teaching on student’s motivation and to measure the effect of
activity based techniques on individual students’ academic achievement.

RESEARCH QUESTIONS

1. What are the effects of activity-based teaching techniques on

students?

METHODOLOGY / PROCEDURES:

Research was conducted by making a questionnaire and it was distributed to

different teachers as a population to gather the information about effectiveness
of activity based teaching. The questionnaire was structured type and focused
on collecting data on the effectiveness of activity based teaching method.

Results and Discussion

Group activities encourage student’s involvements in various ways. The

following statements were given to examine how far activity based learning
approaching increase students teachers’ involvement for self learning.

Open ended questions in the questionnaire allowed the teachers to mention the
problems faced by them to involve in the activity based teaching effectively.
More than twenty percentage of the teachers expressed that they have achieved
higher order cognitive skills such as critical thinking, evaluation skills and
analytical skills to great extent through the activity based learning. They also
agreed activity based teaching have improved the student’s learning,

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presentation skills. It is clearly shows that activity based teaching helped not
only to develop the basic skills of the students but also the higher level
cognitive skills among the students. The results revealed there are problems that
exist in the planning and implementation of activity based learning and the
faculty of Education need to give more attention to solve these problems.
Further, faculty should give more attention to allocate the classrooms with
adequate facilities and to allocate enough time for activities.

CONCLUSION

Based on the results and discussion, this study concluded that activity-based
teaching enhances student motivation and improves academic achievement in
education at higher secondary level. Teaching styles attract students and play a
positive role in student motivation and improve academic achievement for
better results in learning.

REFERENCES
Anandalakshmi. S. (2007). Activity based teaching – A report on an innovative method

Petress, K.(2008). What is meant by active learning? Education, 128(4), 566-569

Teaching and learning strategies questionnaire. CSLP.CEAP

http://www.cast.org/teachingeverstuden/

http://unesdoc.org/images/0014/001466/146695e.pdf

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QUESTIONAIRE FOR ACTIVITY BASED TEACHING METHOD

INSTRUCTIONS This questionnaire has three sections. First section contains Personal information of
teacher and Second section consists of open ended questions and needs to be responded according
to teacher’s own opinion. Third section be answered with ✓ the most appropriate response when
answering the questions

Section-I: Personal Information

Name: _______________________________________________________
Gender: M__ F__
School: ______________________________________________________
Years of teaching experience: ____________________________________
Teaching position: Grade _______________________________________

Section-II: Open Ended Questions

1. How many years of experience you have in teaching English language?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

2. How many methods of teaching English you know?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

3. Please name any four teaching methods

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

4. What method do you find best for integrated skills (reading, writing, listening and speaking
skills)?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

5. What method of teaching English normally you use in your classroom?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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6. Why you use above method? Give reason:
__________________________________________________________________________________

7. Have you ever tried Activity Based teaching method?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

8. Is activity based teaching method equivalent of student centered method?

__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
9. Which techniques you use for activity based teaching ?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
10. Activity based teaching gives best results in integrated skills?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________

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Section-III: Activity Based Teaching Questionaire

Some-
S# With regard to Activity Based Teaching Method Always Often rarely Never
times
1 I use activity based teaching method
2 I have resources for activity based teaching
method
3 activity based teaching motivates students for
learning
4 Does activity based teaching boasts up student’s
confidence?
5 My school holds workshop for teacher’s training
6 I attend workshop for teacher’s training
7 I use pair work for activities
8 I use dialogues for activities
9 I use group work for activities
10 I use games for activities

Thank you very much for taking the time to complete this questionnaire!

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