CULTURE AND TEACHING OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE FOR PAKISTANI STUDENTS

Abstract

The paper highlights the need to reform and restructure the teaching of English in Pakistan to make it more relevant and meaningful for the Pakistani students. This would involve not only an understanding of the needs of English of the students, but also the place of culture both local and global in their language learning process. The redesigning and restructuring of the English Language and Literature courses would have to take into account the sociolinguistic aspects of English in the Pakistani as well as in the international context.