LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 12 December 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
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         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Language: A Performative Speech

Amrendra K Singh
Nirbhay Mishra

Abstract

Language is a performative speech act that naturally takes place in the forms of life. Language teaching in India is mostly centered on language forms (learning the structural understanding of language). Against the backdrop, this paper addresses the core issues of language teaching which have definite reflection on the material development as well as the transaction methodology so as to achieve the desired outcome. Researchers in ELT in other Asian countries have realized the importance of performance based language teaching. It is also observed in the present study that belief system (core and peripheral) shapes the communicative action in a social setting.

Introduction

Theories of Language Use, for example, theories by the later Wittgenstein, helped inaugurate the idea of "meaning as use", and a communitarian view of language. Wittgenstein (1953) was interested in the way in which the communities use language, and how far it could be taken. Such extensions are also associated with J.L. Austin, P. F. Strawson (1957), John Searle (1969), Robert Brandom (1994), and others. The theoretical models available and the subsequent research carried out in the field of pragmatics indicate the gap created between ESL teaching and the difference in proficiency of the participants. The concept of native speaker and a continuous effort to achieve the near native proficiency in ESL learners point towards the problems either related to the delivery of the content or the quality of the materials designed.

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Amrendra K Singh
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Nirbhay Mishra

Institute of Applied Sciences & Humanities (IAH)
Ganeshi Lal Agrwal University
Mathura -281406
Uttar Pradesh
India
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