Impact of Language Skills of English Teachers on the Academic Performance of Students at Secondary Level

Abstract

The study aimed to find out the impact of language skills of English teachers on the academic performance of students at the secondary level in district Bagh Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan. In order to get relevant data from respondents, the researchers used the survey method of gathering data from secondary school teachers and students. The sample size of the study was 130 teachers and 300 students from all public secondary schools of district Bagh. A questionnaire was developed on a five-point Likert rating scale. The researchers listed common students’ problems and teacher respondents to identify the degree of their occurrence in school by using the questionnaire. The findings of the study showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between teachers’ language skills (writing and speaking) and the performance of the students. The more the teachers were found skillful in language the performance was good by the students. Two language skills of a teacher; writing and speaking have a significant and positive effect on the academic performance of a student. But the listening skills of teachers’ do have not a significant and negative effect on student performance; the reading skill of a teacher has negative effects on academic performance. These results can be used to predict useful information that gathers new information and fosters better strategies to improve the language skills of teachers and academic performance of students.