Reported Perceptions and Practices of English Language Teachers at Secondary Level in Pakistan.

Teachers' perceptions and attitudes play an important role in teaching learning process. The present descriptive study, part of a PhD thesis, attempts to measure the attitudes, experiences and perceptions of the English language teachers at secondary level in Pakistan. The study is significant in that it helps to compare the teachers' perception of how language learning takes place with their reported classroom practice. To accomplish the desired goal, the study employed a survey instrument i.e. a questionnaire, to collect data from 100 English language teachers at the secondary level. The sample was equally divided among the male-female and urban-rural demographic variables. The questionnaire was pilot tested before administration to the sample. The Cronbach's alpha was found to be 0.82. The findings of the study revealed that there was a great difference between the teachers' perception of how the English language should be taught and their actual practices in the classroom. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]