DEVELOPING COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE AMONG THE LEARNERS: AN ANALYSIS OF SECONDARY LEVEL TEXTBOOKS FOR ENGLISH IN PAKISTAN

Abstract

The study aimed at analyzing the secondary level English textbooks taught in Pakistan to determine their contribution in developing communicative competence and its components covering linguistic competence, sociolinguistic competence and pragmatic competence, among the learners.  The data were comprised of eight English textbooks of secondary level taught in all the provinces of Pakistan. The question was to determine the appropriateness of developing pragmatic competence among the students. It was a qualitative and descriptive research. For data analysis, the research tool was authentic checklist derived from CEFR (2001, 2020). The results highlighted that most of the components discourse competence and functional competence were represented in the textbooks but the components of other competences were not included which impede in developing communicative competence. The study concluded that a further research to analyze teaching methodology and students’ assessment would help to reach the final conclusion and to guide the curriculum and syllabus designers for the improvement in the relevant area.