from various resources. Since English is penetrating into different arenas, the man felt that survival was not possible without knowing of English. The varieties of English comes across in India and the globe; man is considered to be distinct variants of the language. The importance of English gradually has increased in the business, education policies and so on. English is enjoying its privilege in the world business. To know the developments across the world, English is only the medium of communication
Methods Indian education mainly based on rote learning. The great Vedic texts were transmitted from generation to generation orally. “Even after writing had developed, memorizing continued to be the method of learning, so much so that the development of mnemonic powers was considered a highly desirable attainment. Knowledge was transmitted from the teacher’s memory to that of the pupil (Mookerji, 1947, p. 211).” the Sanskrit language is taught under two heads that are kavya-literature and vyakarana-grammar
second language education has generated so much interest among scholars over the years. The aim of this paper is to re-establish the significance of integrating culture into second language education and how such integration can help to improve English learning process in Regional medium schools in India. This paper commences by establishing the significant role that cultural learning plays in English language classroom. This is followed by identifying and analyzing whose culture of English speakers
played major roles in giving English the status of major lingua franca of world beyond doubt. English as lingua franca has comfortably taken its role in business, science, engineering and also in various cultural fields. People like Widdowson, Seidlehofer and Jenkins have pointed out that use of English as lingua franca has become the fastest growing function in the world .Most of the scientific ,technological and academic information in the world is expressed in English and 80% of all the information
independence in 1947, there was no vast change in the system of English language teaching. The role and importance of English Language was also felt after the British people left India. English has been the medium of instruction in colleges, universities and many schools. The growing influence of English language and the difficulty in finding an alternative language acceptable to all Indians were the main reasons for the arrival of English Language. The University Education Commission (UGC), under the chairmanship
history of English Language is traced back to 31st December, 1600 but English education was in fact introduced in India in the middle of the 19th century when the 3 universities got established one each at Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1857. The Senate of the University of Calcutta adopted a resolution in 1861 that all examinations should be conducted in English and thus schools were compelled to introduce English at an early stage. When British introduced the modern system of English over a hundred
English has come to be recognized as a world phenomenon today. It is the merest common place today to call English a world language distinguished not only by active communities in the most continents speaking it as a mother-tongue but, remarkable for its ubiquity as a second language. It is now used nearly by one third of the world’s largest population.English is the language of opportunity and it is the language for professional growth and economic advancement. The spread of English has often coincided
NEUTRALIZATION OF MOTHER TONGUE INFLUENCE- ITS IMPORTANCE RoopaSuzana roopasuzana@gmail.com Associate Professor and Head Department of Linguistics and Phonetics The English and Foreign Languages University Hyderabad, Telangana,India. In the global village that we are living in today, we all have become aware of the competitive advantage that proficiency in the English language gives us in the internationalmarket. Subject knowledge in any area of specialization is very important. But that alone is
English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in Anglo-Saxon England in the early middle ages. It is now the most widely used language in the world. English plays an important role in our daily life. There is a great utility of English in modern world. English language is widely used in official communication as well as in the field of education. Effective communication is the heart of every organization. Everything you do in workplace results from communication. Therefore good reading
Throughout the extract and through the story of an “Anglophile family”, Arundhati Roy examines the loss of Indian culture and identity. The enigma of the title - who is this God, what is this God? - suggests the insignificance of the Indian culture in comparison to the British. Yet the association of the “small things” with the word ‘God’ reinforces a hope for the preservation of the Indian culture. The first “small things” the reader is introduced to, are the cuff-links. Not only symbols of Western