Teachers’ Perception about the Effectiveness of Translanguaging on Secondary School’s English Language Learning

Abstract

The present study was designed to explore teachers’ perception about the effectiveness of Translanguaging on secondary school’s English language learners. It was ex post facto research based on survey design. It was conducted in Lahore city. The data were collected from 175 randomly selected secondary school teachers via self-developed validated questionnaire. Codes were assigned to the responses after arranging data. Codes were put into computer for statistical treatments. Data were statistically treated with the help of SPSS software by using inferential and descriptive statistics on .05 level of significance. The results revealed that gender wise and teachers’ academic qualification wise significant difference was found and teaching experience wise no significant difference was found in teachers’ perception about Translanguaging. Moreover, it was found that teachers perceived Translanguaging effectively influencing the learning of secondary school English language learners. It is recommended that implementation of Translanguaging within the educational setting not only at secondary school level but also at every level may assure to enhance the students learning in the subject of English.