摘要：This study was conducted to explore specification for vocabulary development in curriculum and instruction at primary level. The objectives of this study were: a) to evaluate specification of vocabulary building in English text-books being used in public and private sectors at primary level; b) to investigate the techniques used for vocabulary building by teachers; and c) to compare the specification for vocabulary building in public and private sectors. To achieve these objectives, English text-books from classes 1-5 were evaluated and analyzed to examine the comparative specification of vocabulary building at primary level. Besides this, a questionnaire probing the use of various techniques/activities for vocabulary building was administered to randomly selected 100 English teachers (50 from public and 50 from private sector). The analyzed data revealed that there was almost double specification of vocabulary in text-books used by the private institutions as compared to the text-books used in public sector institutions. Furthermore, the provision of vocabulary development in text-books in both sectors was not up to the mark according to the theoretical assumptions; and teachers were deficient in the effective use of vocabulary development techniques. On the basis of findings, it was suggested to revise and improve text-books of English, arrange in-service trainings for developing teaching skills of language teachers, and conduct further research in the area of vocabulary development.
关键词：Vocabulary development; English Curriculum; English Teacher; Teaching methods; Text-books; Public and private sectors
