Open AccessPakistani English Stories for Children: Linguistic and Technical Analysis
Author(s) -
Muhammad Fareed Dar,
Sheba Rose Sultan,
Khadija Shereen
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of education and educational development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2313-3538
pISSN - 2310-0869
DOI - 10.22555/joeed.v8i1.42
Subject(s) - linguistics , computer science , reading (process) , focus (optics) , foreign language , quality (philosophy) , proofreading , philosophy , physics , biochemistry , chemistry , epistemology , polymerase , optics , gene
The quality of language produced is greatly influenced by the quality of language input. Reading is a major source of language and knowledge input. In Pakistan, two types of books written in the English language are available for the reader. The first type includes the books written and published in Pakistan and the second type is of the books written by foreign authors published in or outside Pakistan. The purpose of this study was to analyze 5 story-books written and published in Pakistan. The linguistic analysis and technical analysis of the books were carried out to explore the kind of material which is being produced locally and is readily available to Pakistani children. The focus of the study was on the English language and technical components of the story-books. Findings of the study reveal that the storybooks contain several language-related problems and technical deficiencies in story writing elements, hence it is concluded that proofreading for language and technical refinement for the storybooks can help improve the work quality.