LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 12 : 11 November 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.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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The Global Changing Economy and English Language Teaching in
the State of Madhya Pradesh, India

Jyoti Taneja, Ph.D.

Aim of English Language Teaching and
English Language Learning

The ultimate aim of language teaching is to develop communicative competence. Development of communication skills is the most urgent requirement of the students today. Schools, which give emphasis to English speaking and writing, are considered better. In higher education it is still a prestigious language, all the good books are found in English. At the undergraduate level the disinterest of the student in classroom lectures is visible.

Communicative language learning can prepare the students for the future and they may find their language classes more interesting. Unfortunately, the curricula at the undergraduate level in our Universities the stress is more on reading and writing. With the changing times and the changing requirements, the task of teaching English in India is definitely going to be more challenging and rewarding.

Out of the four basic communication skills, i.e., reading, writing, speaking and listening, it is the latter two which are neglected the most in our classrooms. But the irony is that these are the two most frequently required and applied skills in this real and practical world. ‘Fast–food restaurants, coffee shops, large departmental stores and telemarketing firms as delivery boys and sales staff are hiring even plain graduates’ (Malani Gopal,30-42). It is not just in the retail market, these skills also enable services in BPOs, KPOs, and Call Centers. Unfortunately in our courses there is no stress given to improving these two skills.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Jyoti Taneja, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of English
SABV Government Arts and Commerce College
Indore 452001
Madhya Pradesh
India
jyoti28_taneja@yahoo.co.in
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