Essay On English Language Teaching

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AN EVALUATIVE STUDY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING –LEARNING MATERIALS AT THE UPPER PRIMARY LEVEL (CBSE)

English language teaching and learning in the changing scenario has taken different directions and dimensions. Language learning which was looked at as a habit formation is now being looked as a cognitive process which involves the learner in processing and reformulating the meaning achieved through the medium of learning.

Language teaching and learning scenario has undergone a shift and this shift is fro teacher centeredness to learner centeredness. This shift I paradigm has led scholars and teachers to think of the need for redesigning the procedures of teaching and thus to cater not only to the needs of the learner but also to facilitate learning. Therefore, the teachers, policy makers, curriculum developers and material procedures have begun to think of language learning not in terms of achievement but in relation to those processes which cause learning to occur. The shift is thus towards looking at the process of learning and not the product of learning. Further the view of the language learning is effective if the learner is capable of managing the learning. …show more content…

English has been held in reverence since time immemorial. As an influence of Macaulay’s reforms, English in India started with a colonial impact. The colonial India did witness the establishment of universities in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras besides the advocacy of compulsory primary and middle school education.

Language studies I India were based on the literature, grammar tradition and the application of grammar translation method, which was followed in the teaching of classical languages like Greek and Latin.

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