Investigating the role of Teachers in relation to the Learners’ Academic Development in the subject of English

Abstract

English is a language that is used for communication approximately by two-thirds of the world's population. It is a crucial characteristic for the development of a nation in today’s world. The teacher has a very important part in the overall development of learners, particularly in the subject of English. The key objectives are to find out the teacher’s role in the improvement of the academic learning of learners in the subject of English; investigate students’ academic progress in the subject of English; and measure the association between teachers’ role and learners’ academic progress in the subject of English. These research questions were framed- What role do instructors play in the educational progress of learners? How to know the academic progress of the students academically? How to measure the correlation between teacher role and learner academic achievement? The design is a quantitative correlational study. The study populations were students and instructors at the college level of district Mardan. For the selection of the sample, random sampling techniques were used. The total sample size was 25 teachers and 100 students. To gather data from the respondents a research instrument i.e. questionnaire was employed. Mean score, STD deviation, and Pearson correlation were adopted for the analysis of the data. It was found that if the educator is concentrated on the overall growth of learners’ they learn numerous material from their teachers such as deference, communication skills, morality, good conduct, and problem-solving skills. It was also noted that there is a high correlation (r-value .537) between the teacher’s role and learners’ academic achievement.