Challengas of English Classrooms in India
Challenges of the English Classrooms in India
Introduction
English symbolizes in Indian minds, better education, better culture and higher intelligence. In present times, English is the most preferred language. An understanding of and a command over English language is the most important determinant of access to higher education, employment possibilities and social opportunities. Acquiring adequate knowledge in English for learners is inevitable in the present scenario. In India, English is taught as the second language in educational institutions. So, students find themselves unable to express in English. They have no idea of proper sentence structures, and do not know proper pronunciation, spellings and grammatical rules. In most of the situations, majority of students interact in mother tongue inside the classrooms.
Language teaching and learning is a challenging task because of the heterogeneity of its learners. A typical Indian classroom reflects the multiple intelligences, cultural backgrounds, learning styles of diverse learners. Language learning is a natural process for the natives. But for the students of other languages, deliberate efforts are required to learn a foreign language. The students of rural and semi-urban areas in India face such problems because English is not their mother - tongue. Nowadays most of the institutions are with the mixed ability students of different levels of attention, interest, learning styles, speed, maturity, types of intelligence which pose challenges to teachers. Teachers’ aim is to reach all the students by monitoring them in a variety of ways to achieve effective teaching. Students of the rural areas assume English as a subject and do not realize English as a language of communication used globally. This paper deals with the problem of teaching English at Indian classrooms and defines different strategies in developing techniques for dealing mixed ability students to achieve better results in the teaching
Introduction
English symbolizes in Indian minds, better education, better culture and higher intelligence. In present times, English is the most preferred language. An understanding of and a command over English language is the most important determinant of access to higher education, employment possibilities and social opportunities. Acquiring adequate knowledge in English for learners is inevitable in the present scenario. In India, English is taught as the second language in educational institutions. So, students find themselves unable to express in English. They have no idea of proper sentence structures, and do not know proper pronunciation, spellings and grammatical rules. In most of the situations, majority of students interact in mother tongue inside the classrooms.
Language teaching and learning is a challenging task because of the heterogeneity of its learners. A typical Indian classroom reflects the multiple intelligences, cultural backgrounds, learning styles of diverse learners. Language learning is a natural process for the natives. But for the students of other languages, deliberate efforts are required to learn a foreign language. The students of rural and semi-urban areas in India face such problems because English is not their mother - tongue. Nowadays most of the institutions are with the mixed ability students of different levels of attention, interest, learning styles, speed, maturity, types of intelligence which pose challenges to teachers. Teachers’ aim is to reach all the students by monitoring them in a variety of ways to achieve effective teaching. Students of the rural areas assume English as a subject and do not realize English as a language of communication used globally. This paper deals with the problem of teaching English at Indian classrooms and defines different strategies in developing techniques for dealing mixed ability students to achieve better results in the teaching
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