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Use of Corpus in Teaching Irregular Verbs at HSSC Level in Gujranwala
Abstract
This study focuses on the use of corpus to teach irregular verbs.. Verb is necessary learning process and its teaching has primary importance in teaching a language. The researcher used the corpus of English text books of HSSC level of the Punjab Text Book Board (PTB), to teach irregular verbs. The students divided into control and experimental groups. The use of pre-test helps to find out the existing knowledge of the students. Only the top 20 irregular verbs were selected. Their selection is based on their frequency. Multiple techniques were used to teach and enhance the knowledge of irregular verbs among the students. The post-test showed their improvement. The data has been analyzed numerically and presented through percentage. The analysis of data has been proved that corpus based teaching of irregular verbs is far better than the earlier methods applied for the purpose of teaching verbs. This research also has been helped to check the students’ attitude towards corpus based activities. Students like to learn through computer and mobile phones so this is an interesting one. On this aspect it is very useful for the students because one who learns through an interesting way can save that knowledge forever
Authors
Sikandar Azam
Ph. D Scholar, Department of English, GIFT University, Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
Muhammad Riaz Gohar
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Govt. College Gujranwala, Punjab, Pakistan
