There have been reformulations of the different components of knowledge that underlie Canale and Swain's influential model of communicative competent, the model, in its slightly modified form by Canale (1983),…
Factors and Problems of Teaching English as Second Language at Rural Areas for +1 Students in Andhra Pradesh
Nukesh Yellapu, M.A.,B.Ed.
With the long and varied experience of teaching English to young students in rural areas of Andhra Pradesh at +1 level, the columnist would like to share some of the vengeances and their probable remedies in teaching English as second language. The main aim of the essay is to dispel the illusion of English language learning. It tells that English can be learnt comfortably even by the people who were born and bred up in adverse conditions.
Most of the students accomplish their schooling in their mother tongue i.e. Telugu. Though they have attained heaps of marks in core subjects, they remain very poor at English still. The students have an unknown fear and fever over English all these years. Now, let us examine some of the various factors which make English as a souring grape for rural students even today. (more…)
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