LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 1 January 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.

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The Teaching of Linguistics in India -
An Evaluation of the Course Content of Papers in
Seven Indian Universities

Ravindra B. Tasildar, M.A.

Introduction

An elective course offered only to the students of B.A. in Indian universities is variously called - English (Honours), English (Major), Principal English, English (Optional), English (Special) and Special English. The term Special English has been preferred in this paper as used by the Curriculum Development Centre (CDC) for English (1989). The papers offered in the B.A. (Special English) course can be broadly classified into two categories - papers related to literary studies and papers on the study of English language. Linguistics is the main component of papers on the study of English language. Almost all the universities in India offer core papers on the study of English language in the B.A. (Special English) course with exceptions like Universities in Madhya Pradesh, Goa University and Jamia Millia Islamia.

This globalized era offers many new avenues to the students of B.A. (Special English). This paper is an attempt to evaluate the teaching of linguistics in Indian universities vis-à-vis the current needs of the students.

Inclusion of linguistics

The discipline of English Studies in India is now more than two hundred year old. The teaching of English in colonial India was dominated by literary texts. The study groups and committees appointed to review English studies in India have persistently recommended the incorporation of linguistics in the B.A. (Special English) course for over fifty years. The following table summarizes the recommendations of the study groups and committees.

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