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BRAIN BASED LEARNING AND URDU EFL LEARNERS ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN ENGLISH AT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL IN DISTRICT VEHARI

14 Pages : 135-144

http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14      10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14      Published : Jun 2020

Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari

    Current educational standards are changing dramatically to meet student's academic needs, and learners are at the heart of the educational system. The sole objective of the study is to compare the effect of brain-based learning teaching method and traditional teaching method on students' academic achievement in English at the secondary school level. For this study, the researcher has selected a convenient sample of sixty students enrolled in GBHS9-11/WB who took part in the experiment, and these were divided into two groups: one for control and another for experimental purposes through systematic random sampling. An academic achievement test was developed that served as both a pre-test and a post-test, and both were identical in content and administration. The study concluded that the BBL method is far superior to the traditional method of teaching for the subject of English. Native, foreign or second language learning is a social phenomenon, so brain-based learning teaching method provides socialization to the learner. Therefore, in contemporary forms of teaching, the BBL teaching method is far best for English as a subject.

    Brain-Based Learning, Academic Achievement, English
    (1) Muhammad Qasim Ali
    PhD (Scholar), Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Najam Ul Kashif
    Assistant Professor, Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (3) Muhammad Asif Shahzad
    PhD (Scholar), Department of Education, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan.
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    APA : Ali, M. Q., Kashif, N. U., & Shahzad, M. A. (2020). Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari. Global Language Review, V(II), 135-144. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14
    CHICAGO : Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Najam Ul Kashif, and Muhammad Asif Shahzad. 2020. "Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari." Global Language Review, V (II): 135-144 doi: 10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14
    HARVARD : ALI, M. Q., KASHIF, N. U. & SHAHZAD, M. A. 2020. Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari. Global Language Review, V, 135-144.
    MHRA : Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Najam Ul Kashif, and Muhammad Asif Shahzad. 2020. "Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari." Global Language Review, V: 135-144
    MLA : Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Najam Ul Kashif, and Muhammad Asif Shahzad. "Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari." Global Language Review, V.II (2020): 135-144 Print.
    OXFORD : Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Kashif, Najam Ul, and Shahzad, Muhammad Asif (2020), "Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari", Global Language Review, V (II), 135-144
    TURABIAN : Ali, Muhammad Qasim, Najam Ul Kashif, and Muhammad Asif Shahzad. "Brain Based Learning and Urdu EFL Learners' Academic Achievement in English at Secondary School Level in District Vehari." Global Language Review V, no. II (2020): 135-144. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-II).14