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Volume 20:1 January 2020
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A Need for Teacher Development Training Programmes for the
Teachers of English at Tertiary Education in Assam

Kabita Ghosh, M.A., B.Ed., PhD Research Scholar

Abstract

This paper emphasises the necessity of ELT-oriented professional development training programmes for teachers. This would enable teachers to understand the learners’ needs and teach English effectively so that learners can eventually become efficient users of the language. It is observed that the graduates from the North-Eastern part of India are unable to use the English language effectively in day-to-day communication. The prime reason for this inability is the way they are taught English, the content they study, the methodology used, and teachers’ approach to the target language. Intensive analyses of Undergraduate learners’ English language needs and of the General English syllabi of undergraduate courses of Gauhati University was done to find out the target needs of the learners. The data collected from teachers through a questionnaire showed the ignorance of the teachers about the learners’ needs and of their own need for professional development.

Keywords: Professional Development; Needs analysis; Target Needs; Tertiary Education.

Background of the Study

The importance of English language in today’s world is like the importance of oxygen for living. In a country like India, where English language is regarded as the official language, students of any discipline must acquire the language to survive in today’s professional world. Being an ELT trained teacher and having taught in an Engineering college for last few years, I have felt that the students come with a lot of potentials; they have motivated mindsets to work on finding newer technical destinations. Students of Assam, in general, irrespective of whether they are studying in a technical or in a general college, whether they study English as a major course or are students of general English course, most of our students are found to be unable to use English language as effectively as expected. When it comes to perform in English language, be it for reading, writing, speaking or listening, it is seen that the students become quite uncomfortable. They are not confident enough to speak or write in the language.

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Kabita Ghosh
M.A., B.Ed., PhD Research Scholar
Department of English Language Teaching
Gauhati University
Assam, Pin:781014
ghoshkabita03@gmail.com
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