Communication is supposed to be important to convey the message to the audience. The communication skills of teachers occupied a major role in effective students’ learning. If a teacher is anxious about speaking, his instructions may not be effective and also may affect the students’ learning. The researchers were intended to measure the language anxiety of the teachers who teach in 10th class while utilizing the survey method. The sample for the study included the teachers from Federal Government Educational Institutions (cants/ Garrisons) – FGEI’s (C/G). The data regarding the teachers’ language anxiety was collected by Teachers’ Language Anxiety Scale adapted by the researcher from (Horwitz, Horwitz, & Cope, 1986). The scale consists of 30 items with a Likert’s Rating scale ranging from strongly agree to strongly disagree. In order to measure the teachers’ performance, the cumulative GPA of their English subject that they have taught in recent anum was taken. This GPA was the outcome of their English teaching taken from Federal Board Intermediate & Secondary Education annual exam. The results showed that there exists a negative, moderate as well as significant correlation between teachers’ anxiety and their performance. It is recommended that the FDCI’s should organize workshops on a regular basis for the teachers that focus on the practice of English speaking proficiency. There should be seminars propagating about the strategies to cope with language anxiety.

Traditional training system of TVET sector is focusing on traditional procedures of learning and is based on the numbering system. Such old fashioned procedures and the numbering system are producing certificate holders who do not have proper skills to complete the tasks independently in a professional manner as per the requirements of the industry. Traditional training is not paying focus on the competency oriented workforce in Pakistan. To meet rapid technological changes and need of modern era, the approach of the TVET sector is now shifting from traditional training to Competency Based Training (CBT). The purpose of this study is to make an innovative effort in the Pakistani context, identify the perceptions of employers and graduates about traditional training and CBT programs. This study falls in the interpretivism paradigm. Phenomenological research design was utilized to conduct this study. 10 TVET trainers, 10 TVET graduates of traditional training, 10 TVET graduates of CBT and 10 employers selected through convenient sampling. Semi structured interviews were conducted from employers, trainers and both types of graduates. Thematic analysis was used for to draw the results. Results showed that graduates of competency based training programs are more competent than that of traditional training program and the employers are comparatively more satisfied with graduates of the CBT program. TVET sector should develop the curriculum according to the current demand of the industry and implement the curriculum effectively by updating the labs for the TVET graduates for better job opportunities in the industry. It is also proposed that TVET sector should shift its educational institutes from traditional training to CBT approach to meet the needs of the labour market for employers’ satisfaction. Furthermore, research should be conducted to explore the challenges and their solutions of training provided in TVET sector and its assessment to meet the level of competency satisfaction to meet labour market needs.

English language, as it is employed as a common medium used for communication with people, whom native language is not understandable. In this regard, Governments of developing countries paying attention to promoting English. That require upgradation in the curriculum, as well as, the shift of teaching methodology from teacher to student centered, are the basic requisites for making the change in the educational system possible. That provides opportunities for cooperative learning. Therefore the current experimental study was carried out to find the role of cooperative learning in promoting language proficiency and achievement with regards to English among 8th grade students, who are supposed to study in the private schools of Lahore. The 8th grade students enrolled in private schools of Lahore district implied the population of the study. Whereas, the two girls sections of the 8th class of The Educators School, Jinnah Campus, Lahore, were chosen as the sample and nominated as experimental and control groups. Before and after the intervention, English language proficiency tests (EPT) to measure the students' proficiency in English and English achievement test (EAT) to identify students’ achievement in English developed by the researchers were utilized. Findings highlighted that cooperative learning is an effective teaching methodology that proves beneficial in the improvement of 8th grade students' proficiency and achievement in English. It is recommended that our teachers may use such innovative teaching methodologies in their classroom that not only promote students' involvement for discussion on the relevant topic