ABSENCE OF LISTENING SKILLS IN XI ENGLISH TEXTBOOK JAMSHORO: IMPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE
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Communicative Competence, Listening Competency, Pedagogy, Textbook EvaluationAbstract
Despite being the most overlooked skills in Pakistani English curriculum, listening is an essential part of communicative competency. This study aims to find out whether the XI English Textbook published by the Sindh Textbook Board, Jamshoro, offers sufficient listening exercises/tasks/activities; necessary for improving students' communication abilities. The study uses qualitative content analysis to assess each of the textbook's four parts using Littlewood's Communicative Competence Model (1981) as the analytical framework. The results show that there are no listening exercises, listening material, audio-related activities, or teacher recommendations for teaching listening. The national curriculum's communicative goals are undermined and students' ability to engage in real-world communication is limited when this crucial skill is left out. The study indicates that the absence of listening training has important pedagogical consequences and suggests that future textbook editions need to incorporate interactive exercises, audio support, and listening-based assignments in order to develop students listening skills that is key skill to learn language
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