A Study On Cognitive Style And Communicative Ability In English Among Prospective Teachers

Abstract

The main purpose of this paper is to assess the cognitive style and communicative ability in English among prospective teachers. Sample of the study comprises of 300 Prospective Teachers in Chennai District. Normative survey method was adopted for data collection. Stratified Random sampling method was used to select the sample of the study. Cognitive Style Inventory developed and standardized by Dr. Praveen Kumar Jha (Madhipura 2001) was utilized. Another tool was adopted from English Language Competence Questionnaire developed by Edgar R Eslit;s (March 2023) is modified and standardized by the investigator. The 50 MCQ questions having five-point scale ranging from strongly disagree, disagree, neutral, agree and strongly agree was used to collect data.  Statistical analysis like ‘t’ test and Pearson Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze the data. Results revealed that there is significant relationship between cognitive style and communicative ability in English among prospective teachers. Also, it was found that there is significant difference between male prospective teachers and female prospective teachers in cognitive style and communicative ability in English. But there was no significant difference found in cognitive style and communicative ability in English among prospective teachers with respect to type of institution.