LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:5 May 2013
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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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
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         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
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Present Position of Teaching English Grammar in the High Schools of Assam -
A Case Study

Pranjal Saikia, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

Abstract

This paper attempts to throw lights on the methods adopted by the teachers of Assam for teaching English Grammar at the Secondary level. It has been observed that students from Assamese medium schools are made more conscious about the rules and regulations of grammar which indirectly generate in them a fear for the language. However, the rules and regulations of Grammar cannot be ignored. So, the question arises what methods should be employed in teaching English Grammar which might help a student learn the rules effortlessly.

This paper aims at concretising some suggestions regarding effective methods of teaching English Grammar.

Keywords: Grammar, English teaching, Teaching learning process, English Classroom.

Introduction

Students in Assam are generally poor in English as reflected by the results of the Public Examinations. The teachers are often seen to put the blame entirely on the students for their failure to acquire an effective knowledge of the language. Unfortunately, however, improper and defective teaching is at the root of the problem. Teaching a foreign language requires proper knowledge, training, experience and devotion on the part of the teacher. In Assam anybody can manage to become a teacher and do the blunder of teaching English.

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Pranjal Saikia, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate
English Department
C.M.J. University
Shillong - 793003
Meghalaya
India
pranzalsaikia@gmail.com
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