#60, Article: ‘Teaching Spoken English for Non-native Students: Problems, Solutions and Techniques’ by A. RAMESH BABU

How an English teacher would teaches spoken English for the regional medium students? Teaching English in India as a second language is difficult or easy? There is no way students can become fluent faster unless they are exposed to the language they are to learn. This paper aims to provide English Language teachers with a range of techniques to encourage students to speak in English in the language classroom. Teaching spoken English to the non-native students is a Herculean task. The paper gives not only the full details how to provide other facilities which will help to students to speak in English and provides guidance them towards learning including grammar and speaking but also some suggestions and techniques that help the students in learning a language.

It is not so easy job to teach spoken English for non-native speakers.  Most of the students habituated to speak in their regional languages because they learn many words in their home while they are in home. In urban areas there are babies who learn English at home besides other languages. However the majority are usually fluent in their mother tongue alone. The learners feel that it is very comfortable language to speak. English medium background students use English for writing examinations, but they, most of the times, use their mother tongue for speaking. Some students are unwilling to speak English in the classroom. Lack of motivation throws the students from the school. The rural medium background students are not motivated by the teachers towards the communication in English and in most of the cases, they are trying to finish the syllabus. The theoretical education in India is the main reason for this and it does not allow the students to speak in English. It is completely different from the text teaching to spoken English. Unlike the other classes, while teaching spoken English, the teachers should talk less and listen more from the students then only the students might participate actively. The teacher must step back and observe, sometimes acting as referee or monitor. The students do most of the speaking, and frequently the scene of a classroom during a communicative exercise is active, with students leaving their seats to complete a task. (more…)

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#60, Research Paper: ‘The Role of Critical and Creative Thinking in TESL Context’ by Dr. Paritosh Chandra Dugar

The Role of Critical and Creative Thinking in TESL Context

by Dr. Paritosh Chandra Dugar, Vice-Principal, SMB Govt. P.G. College, Nathdwara(Rajasthan)

The paper is an endeavour to study the role of critical and creative thinking driven especially by questioning in enhancing the efficacy of TESL and learning of L2 in India.

If we as teachers of English asked our students to tell which questions naturally occurred to them at first on looking at the title of the paper, we would, most likely, receive the following responses:

(1) What is critical thinking?
(2) What is creative thinking?
(3) What is TESL context?
(4) What is the connection between critical thinking and creative thinking?

Though these questions are different from each other, they symptomatize the onset of a common cognitive phenomenon , that is, thinking. Questions stimulate thinking. (more…)

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