LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 16:1 January 2016
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
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Teacher Beliefs and Teaching Methods as Causal Factors in
Student Reticence in English Language Laboratory

Jaipal and M. R. Vishwanathan

Abstract

Learner reticence is a real and much discussed problem in the ESL classroom; one interesting though rarely talked about phenomenon is the adoption of teaching practices and teacher beliefs that lead to silence and non-participation among learners. To a lesser extent it may be argued that the materials in use may also have their own contributory role to play in the (n0n)-learning process. This paper argues that teacher attitudes, beliefs, and practices militate against attempts by learners to acquire spoken English.

Keywords: ESL classroom, reduction strategies, teacher attitudes and beliefs, spoken English

Introduction

Aspiring Minds, one of the leading assessment companies “ that helps organizations, governments and institutions measure and identify talent”, conducted a survey based on which it arrived at certain shocking although not very unexpected conclusions about the quality of labour force emerging from engineering colleges and institutes in India. Out of more than 6,00,000 engineers being pumped into the economy each year, only a handful (18.43%) are ready to be deployed as Software Engineers in the IT Services industry. And the number drops to as low as 3.21% for IT product roles. ( Aspiring Minds, http://www.aspiringminds.com/research-articles/why-are-indian-engineers-unemployable?)

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Jaipal, M.A. (English), M.Phil. (ELT), Ph.D. Research Scholar
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
National Institute of Technology
Warangal – 506004
Telangana State
India

Dr. M. Raja Vishwanathan
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Off Warangal-Hyderabad Highway
National Institute of Technology
Warangal 506004
Telangana
India
vishwanathanmrv@gmail.com
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