The Lacuna of Secondary Skills Among High School Students of South Coastal Andhra Pradesh

The present paper covers the teaching and learning process of English language teaching in government schools of Andhra Pradesh. As the aim of the syllabus by the SCERT, Andhra Pradesh, the learners of English are expected to achieve proper communication skills to apply it in the global context. Bright and Marc Gregor (1978) have remarked that “there is no language learning without exposure” At this juncture mere knowledge of English, based upon listening, speaking, reading and writing directed towards acquisition of communication skills among high school students. The present study intended to find out the lacuna of secondary skills in English language among the students at high school level. An Oxford dictionary defines lacuna as ‘an absent part’. This paper portrays the percentage of expected and

economically. Urban area students have an advantage of having better communication skills if they are compared to semi-urban or rural area students. It is necessary to know the reasons for such differences of communication skills among urban, semi-urban or rural area students.
It is needed to find out whether there is any gender factor to have communication skills between male and female.

Importance of Secondary Skills In English
LSRW aptitudes impact the accomplishment of a person. The four noteworthy abilities of language getting the hang of, tuning in, talking, perusing and composing offer the exact key to progress. Instructing of English language while ensuring accentuation on these entire four abilities offer a phase for the students to improve their skill in this language well.
Listening, speaking, reading and writing are called skills in language. Listening and speaking are known as primary skills because even an illiterate also can be master over primary skills.
Whereas the secondary skills like reading and writing need some training and practice to be master over secondary skills.
Learning a language is an art. Any skill can be acquired through the continuous practice which makes it a habit. Language learning is basically 'a habit forming process, a process during which we acquire new habits' (H.E. Palmer. Principles of Language Study).
Those who can practice more and more, they would become better language users. Therefore, it is very essential to develop Listening, Speaking, reading and Writing skills properly at elementary as well as secondary level. Many cases the user of language is involved in using combination of skills.

Reading Skill
Francis Bacon says that 'Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and Among all the four skills like listening, speaking, reading and writing, reading skill can be given importance for effective language learning in schools. Even in the reading skill there were some types and strategies to become an effective reader at the secondary school level. There are some strategies to become an effective reader while reading at the high school level. They are… Skimming: Harmer (2001;202) says that 'Skimming is the type of reading to take in a stream of discourse and understand the gist of it without worrying too much about the details'.
Skimming is a type of reading some students follow it skimming is a procedure for over viewing or previewing the materials to determine the content, to review the material already read, or to determine whether the information is pertinent to the need. It is not possible to the primary or upper primary students usually. This technique is followed by the students of higher education.
Scanning: Scanning is another important technique in reading. It is to find out numbers names, dates and answers to the specific questions. If the readers want to know a date or a word or a name or a number, then the reader has to find out the correct answer through scanning technique. For example, a reader wants to know the meaning of a word in the dictionary he or she does not go through all the words forever the dictionary, then the reader provides students pleasure and get information.
Loud Reading: Usually loud reading enables the students to correct their mistakes and also improves pronunciation. The importance of silent reading cannot reduce the importance of loud reading. Loud reading can be done usually at the time of primary school level of language learning. It is type of motivating for the students to practice language structures. It is the best device for the students to improve their fluency and pronunciation. It is much needed for the students for the language learning very quickly. only to cope with the mechanical problems connected with the script of the language but also with the problems of ease and fluency of expression, of grammatical and lexical accuracy and of the appropriateness of the style of writing as demanded by the occasion or situation'.

Types Of Writing
Narrative Writing: This term generally used in fiction. It includes science fiction, stories, autobiography, biography, novels etc. The function of narrative writing usually appears in the past and sometimes in the simple present times. It is to deal with sequence of events overperiod time. While teaching narrative skills the teacher has to teach how to sequence the details of using appropriate linking devices. A total of 360 students are involved in this research survey. The data collection will be done through the use of a survey questionnaire. 360 students are selected randomly as the sample of the study. The sample consisted of 9 high school students who are studying in IX standard. 40 students were selected from each school, among forty students, twenty students were male and the remaining twenty were female. Students from different social sectors, economical background, male and female also involved in this study. The study is conducted through the help of a test and teachers questionnaire. The questions in the questionnaire are divided into two sections; the first part consisted of questions concerning personal information and the second part of the questionnaire included reading skill and speaking skill.
The below tables show the participants were involved in the study to find out lacuna of high school students from the three districts of Andhra Pradesh.

Data Analysis
The lacuna of overall reading skill among VIII class students of Guntur, Krishna and Prakasam districts