IMPACT OF MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION ON RESEARCH THESIS WRITING

Abstract

Medium of instruction always plays pivotal role in intellectual development. It is an accepted fact that since immemorial time man adopted several mediums of instruction. Medium of instruction is the controversial issue since the birth of Pakistan. It is an irony of fate that Pakistan is celebrating her 60th anniversary and we are still in dilemma for medium of instruction, as to which medium of instruction is best for the intellectual, social and psychological development of our nation. Sindh is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhis. Different cultural and ethnic groups also reside in Sindh including Urdu speaking people who migrated from India at the time of independence and partition. Beside, some people also migrated from other provinces after independence. University of Sindh is the second oldest university in Pakistan that was established in 1947.Besides other educational institutions; university of Sindh also imparts education and plays an important role in the socio-cultural and geopolitical life of Sindhi peoples. This university, since its inception, has been giving high priority to teacher education. Faculty of Education offers B.Ed, M.Ed, MA .(Education), M.Phil.,and Ph.D. programmes, and in these programmes research thesis writing is the compulsory and basic requirement for the degrees respectively. The students of M.Ed. of Faculty of Education are not only asked but compelled to write the research thesis in English language which is the only medium of instruction at this level. The aim of writing this article is to provide knowledge about the impact of medium of instruction on making research thesis as well as to find out the difficulties of students by using English language in writing the thesis. In this connection, descriptive survey type research was conducted and the researcher used interviews as a tool of research. The findings of the study were based on the analysis of interview schedule. In the end, suggestions have been made for the improvement of the impact of medium of instruction, in writing the research thesis.