EFFECTIVENESS OF DIRECT INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING

The past 6 decades have shown a steady increase in interest of English language learning (ELL) in India. The major purpose of present study was to find the effectiveness of DIM on ELL. The sample selected consisted of 100 secondary school students from 9th standard Kannada medium government school students of Shimoga District, The experimental group were exposed to Direct Instruction Model developed by the researcher for about one week. Pre and post tests were conducted and results were collected from both the experimental and control group. The results of the study showed that the students of experimental and control group. The results of the study showed that the students of experimental group showed a significant improvement in ELL when compared to control group. Thus the present study analyses that DIM can be a very effective model for ELL of kannada medium students whose mother tongue is not English.