A CORPUS-DRIVEN PEDAGOGICAL FRAMEWORK FOR TEACHING ENGLISH VERBS TO SARAIKI SPEAKERS: LEVERAGING MORPHOLOGICAL PATTERNS FROM A 2-MILLION WORD CORPUS ANALYSIS

Abstract

Based on a detailed morphological analysis of a 2 million word Saraiki corpus, this research proposes a data-driven pedagogical frame to teach English verb systems to the Saraiki-speaking learners. The basic research found 552 verb tokens in 40 different morphological patterns, which suggests, as an example, that inflectional morphology dominates (81%) derivational processes. Five patterns account for more than 50% use of verbs. Among this, causative/purposive suffix -وݨ / -w-ṉ alone represents 17% of all tokens. Through systematic contrastive analysis and frequency-based instructional design, this framework provides an empirically grounded approach to English verb pedagogy that respects learners' linguistic heritage while facilitating target language acquisition. The study also involves detailed activity designs, comparative tables, and guidelines for implementation in a classroom.