An Empirical Study of ESL Learners’ Decoding Skills at Master Level in District Muzaffargarh

The present experimental study investigated the ESL learners’ decoding skills at the master level in district Muzaffargarh. Pre and post-tests were employed as tools for data collection. The pre-test was conducted to judge the decoding ability of ESL learners. The experimental group attended an instructional session before the post-test. No vocabulary aid or decoding skill was given to the respondents of the controlled group. There was a clear difference in the decoding ability of these two groups in the results of the post-test. The results of both groups were analyzed statistically by using SPSS. The frequency and accumulative percentage of these two groups were taken out by using this software. Paired t-test was applied to find the mean difference in the results of these two groups. It was concluded that the decoding skill or reading comprehension of ESL learners can be increased by giving them contextual knowledge of the content.