Effectiveness of Lesson Study in the Teaching of Lower Primary English as a Second Language (ESL) Class

This paper reports a study on the involvement of English teachers based on three fundamentals - Knowledge, Skill, Attitude; towards lesson study after it was incorporated in their English as a second language (ESL) classroom. 31 schools were chosen based on data retrieved from the NKRA (National Key Results Area) portal under LINUS (Early Literacy and Numeracy Assessment) Component and from these schools, one respondent was chosen using Convenient Sampling. Using Pearson correlation, results showed a significant positive relationship (p <0.05) of Lesson Study in the teaching of ESL class with Knowledge (r = 0.913), Skill (r = 0.869) and Attitude (r = 0.859). The findings of this study expressed Knowledge, Skill and Attitude of teachers are closely related to the effectiveness of Lesson Study in teaching of ESL class. This research finds that teachers agreed that Lesson Study has succeeded in increasing their commitment to teaching.