Devising Speaking Activities Based on Core Text (Syllabus textbook) for Improving Reading Comprehension: A Case Study Conducted at Intermediate Level in Bahawalpur

The purpose of this research is to observe the usefulness of devising speaking activities based on the core text of English for developing language proficiency in English specially in reading comprehension skills. The research has been conducted at Federal Government College Bahawalpur and the participants were students of Intermediate level and teachers from private and Government colleges. Quantitative experimental research design was employed. A total 62 students were selected and divided into control group and experimental group. During the first stage six speaking activities were conducted with both the groups. The findings show that group discussion was the most successful speaking activity. In the second stage lesson plans involving speaking activities based on reading comprehension texts were devised and conducted in the experimental group classroom. The findings reveal that there is a marked increase in the post test scores of experimental group which indicates that English speaking activities based on core text result in an improvement of students’ reading comprehension.