Importance of communication in English language is increasing day by day. Across the non-English world, a large number of people take interest in knowing how to write and speak English, because English is the need of the modern time. It is almost believed in by them that without English they cannot make progress in any field of life.However, it is also becoming one of the generalised facts that even in our local (Pakistani) academic settings; wehardly come across students of English language and literature who can speak English very well despite that they aremade to learn it in a qualified milieu. Unlike them, we may find some common people who can speak English verywell and that too with proper accent and pronunciation in order to communicate with their friends and colleagues.The people of Mardan, one of the big cities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Pakistan), have the opportunity of joining thelocal language institutes to improve their speaking skills. In order to examine the quality of these language institutes,the researchers tried to evaluate the effectiveness of different teaching methods and course contents being used inthese language institutes of Mardan