THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN THE PRIVATE SCHOOLS OF DIR UPPER, KPK, PAKISTAN

This research study aims at finding out the existing methodologies and their application for teaching English in the private schools of Dir Upper, KPK. Teachers from different schools were randomly selected and questionnaires were given to them to know about the use and existence of teaching methods and strategies they used. Different teaching methods were used for the teaching of English. Some teachers found them useful while to others, the methods and strategies had problems as they did not offer enough to make the learning of English convenient for the students.Various segments of the questionnaire were analyzed as per the objectives of the study. It was found that the majority of the teachers made use of the outdated methods and the strategies that lacked motivation for students for their effective learning.