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Problems of feeling inexpressive in target language are commonly expressed by majority of second language learners in learning to speak a second language. These problems are always considered to hinder the communication in the target language. This paper most commonly highlight the struggles that students of Sardar Bahadur Khan Women’s University Quetta make during the process of learning English as a second language. It brings forward to limelight the ways in which lack of fluency in English complicates the process of learning and also negatively affects their academic growth.
Major focus is on the inadequate input of language rules i.e. grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation which leads to poor production of fluent oral speech full of mistakes and pauses due to hesitation. This paper also attempts to bring forward the reasons that why students are unable to use automatic, smooth and rapid language production.
This study uses a qualitative interview approach which is later on turned into quantitative format of data. The data collection is done through simple random sampling. The research participants consist of total fifty students, randomly selected from each department of the University. The findings suggests that verbal fluency is always correlated and affected by the components of oral proficiency i.e. grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. The greater number of students in SBK Women University believes that the production of their fluent oral speech is dependent upon their knowledge of grammar of the target language; many others believe that it depends upon vocabulary and very few thinks that it is related with the pronunciation.
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To Cite this Article: Malik, N. (2012). English as a Second Language in Relation with Verbal Fluency in SBK Women University Quetta. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 1(1), 82–96.
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