ELTWeekly Issue#88

#88, Research Paper: ‘The Daily Newspaper and the English Text books: A Study’ by Dr. Shree Deepa

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Post published:April 20, 2011
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Dr. Shree Deepa works with the University of Hyderabad.

English Text books are indispensable entities in the language class room. Newspapers are mere ‘aids’ or additional decorative material. Text books are printed and published in different editions and remain in print for years. One edition of the text book lasts for a particular period of time and to introduce new and spanking information is almost impossible and the syllabus designers need to wait to incorporate the latest notes. The situation hard to ignore is that all the prescribed text books are a collection of prose, short stories and some poetry. The skills of the language are taught drawing from these selected texts. These texts are often battered through the years and the ‘experienced’ teacher would have usually lost the interest in ‘teaching’ from such a text. The teaching process in such a class room is often monotonous and dull bereft of life. (more…)

#88, Research Paper: ‘What the Learners Don’t’ Learn, Why?: An Investigative Study of the Grammatical Errors of Hindi-medium ESL learners of Uttar Pradesh’ by Dr. Praggya M Singh

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Dr.Praggya M. Singh works as an Associate Professor in English at Banasthali Vidyapith, Rajasthan.

English has been a subject of great instructional concern for educators in all sectors of education in India. The recent expansion of convent and English medium schools has become a reality. This is due to the lack of public attention to English taught in Govt. aided schools. Educationists observe that the state Govt is uninterested in fulfilling the social commitment towards education. Recently, some state governments have shown apathy which has led people to believe that it is driving educational institutions towards privatization. So English medium education in India across the country has flourished through many private convent schools and English medium schools. There is a great demand for English in India but at the same time not all the state governments have spelt out a clear policy on continuing English as medium of instruction in schools. But with the proliferation of English medium schools, the following factors make English teaching and learning very complex:

1The demand of English in schools is very high. (more…)