LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13:11 November 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.
         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.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Teaching Vocabulary

Ms. D. Ambika, M.A., M.Phil.

Introduction

English remains the second compulsory language in the field of education in Tamilnadu and many other states in India. English is given the status of “Associate Official Language” in our Constitution. English is widely used in educated circles all over India for both business and personal communication. English is used by institutions for intra- and inter-personal communication. It is used dominantly in the private sector, large-scale and high-tech industries, particularly, those with foreign collaborations. It is widely used in various domains like mass media, industry and commerce, administration, travel and tourism, etc. It continues to be the dominant language of higher education including engineering and medicine.

Vocabulary and Word

Professor Mallikarjun (2002 ) distinguishes between vocabulary and word thus:

“Word and vocabulary are the two terms that are used often as synonyms. Broadly speaking, one may not make any distinction between these two, but when it comes to the precise and technical way of handling these, the difference is evident as these are two different concepts. … the term word refers to an individual entity. The term vocabulary, however, is a term referring to a collective concept; it refers to a collection of many entities that are called words. Vocabulary refers to the total or partial stock of words that an individual or a language has. The term word is widely spoken about in linguistics and the term vocabulary in the field of education, one at the theoretical level of understanding and the other at the practical level of application.”

Aims of English Language Teaching

The aims of ELT as laid down in the curriculum followed in most states are given below:
(i) The student should be able to understand simple written English. i.e., words and sentence constructions.

(ii) He/she should be able to understand simple Spoken English, i.e., intonation and stress patterns.

(iii) He/she should acquire the ability to speak simple correct English, i.e., vocabulary and proper use of English sentences.

(iv) He/she should acquire the ability to write simple correct English, i. e., selection and use of proper words and sentence constructions.

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Ms. D. Ambika, M.A., M.Phil.
Assistant Professor in English
Erode Sengunthar Engineering College (Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai)
Thudupathi
Erode – 638057
Tamilnadu
India
ambika901@yahoo.co.in
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