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The Role of English in India - #Unit1 #ELT Presentation, Task and Quiz


Hello Learners,

           Here I am sharing five essays of English Language Teaching as discussed in the Class. You will find the original essay in presentation form, originally prepared by Dr.Dhwani Joshi, then later shared by Parth Bhatt. Also the presentations discussed in the Class.


Read the essays and Complete the task given at the end of the blog.

 Essay 1:- "Teaching English as 'Second Language' in India" by Kapil Kapoor.(JNU,Delhi)

 In this essay Kapil Kapoor is arguing and giving his view on the contemporary teaching style. We Indians by childhood have First Language or Mother tongue, and then Hindi becomes the Second Language, and then comes English. In fact English is our third language not second. So, the teaching style of English should be different.

Teaching English as 'Second Language' in India - Kapil Kapoor from vaidehi Hariyani


Essay 2:- "Teaching of EST in Indian Conditions" by R.S.Sharma (Banaras Hindu University)
This essay has focused on the major drawbacks of teaching EST in India, Needs of a learner, Structure of Technical English and Teaching materials, Expertise and training etc…


Teaching of EST in Indian Conditions - R.S.Sharma from vaidehi Hariyani


Essay 3:- "Teaching English as a Second Language in India: Focus on objectives" by Shivendra K.Verma (Central Institute of Foreign Languages,Hyderabad)

 A clear objective determines everything. Teaching also has certain objectives. Shivendra.K.Verma (Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad) in his research paper “ Teaching English as a Second Language in India : Focus on Objectives” has discussed objectives of language teaching as well as the aims of teaching English as Second Language in India. He has also given classification of Languages.


Teaching English as a Second Language in India: Focus on Objectives -Shivendra K. Verma from vaidehi Hariyani

Essay 4:- "Socio-cultural Dimensions English as a Second Language" by Rekha Aslam

 This research paper describes how English is made to fulfil the function of a Second language. The transition is shown with the examples from “Fire on the Mountain” by Anita Desai, “Nector in a Sieve” by Kamala Markandaya and R.K.Narayan’s “The Dark Room”.

   

Socio-Cultural Dimensions: English as a Second Language - Rekha Aslam from vaidehi Hariyani

Essay 5:- "Teaching of English: A Plea for Practical Attitude" by R.K.Singh (Indian Institute of Mines,Dhanbad)

 In this research paper R.K.Singh highlights importance of English as a potential national resource in India and how a positive approach should be adopted in teaching as well as learning English language



“Teaching of English: A Plea for Practical Attitude” – R.K.Singh from vaidehi Hariyani

Read the questions and write a reflective blog on it. Paste your blog link in the Comment Section here and on Google Classroom as well.

1.)What is the role of English Language in India according to you with reference to any one essay discussed in the class?
2.) What are the challenges you faced while learning English Language as?
3.)Write your reflection regarding the classroom activities. What challenges you faced in doing the activities as teachers.
4.)How do you see your future with the English Language?
CLICK ON THE LINK TO APPEAR FOR THE QUIZ


Happy Learning!!!!

Comments

  1. Prakruti Bhatt 1 August 2019 at 10:33

    Respected mam, please click on the following link to view my response to the questions asked here:

    https://prakrutibhatt201820.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-role-of-english-in-india.html

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  2. Vidhya Pandya1 August 2019 at 11:27

    Respected mam,
    Here is my answer attached with this below link:-

    http://vidhyapandya.blogspot.com/2019/08/the-role-of-english-language-in-india.html?m=1

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  3. Samiya Kagdi16 October 2020 at 15:29

    Respected Ma'am,

    The blog link on "The role of English in India" as part of our google classroom activity, is mentioned below..

    https://samiyakagdi313.blogspot.com/2020/10/unit-1-elt-remedial-and-reflective-tasks.html

    Thank you

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