Vol. 4 Issue 50 – Book Review – 'English Language Teaching in India: The Shifting Paradigms' by S P Dhanavel

This book was written essentially to handle the concept of ‘choice’ and its effect on speakers’ linguistic determination. It elaborates upon the perception that language adoption is related to human society and its members and is influenced by space, time variation, age, gender and culture. The author has exhibited the interconnection of the choice of language with how, what, and when people would speak. In addition, it aims to shed light on how, within the environments and communities in which people are living, ‘societal factors’ integrate unconsciously, sometimes compulsorily, with their original language, as they are living in a single unified circle and each factor can affect the other.

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Vol. 4 Issue 50 – Conference: 2nd Annual Cultural and Linguistic Advancement for Mission Success (CLAMS), February 20-22, USA

We are happy to host the International Conference on Outcome Based Teaching and Learning of English in Anna University, Chennai. The effort in this conference is to grapple with the ideas and concepts underlying OBE particularly with reference to teaching and learning of English and communication skills and to come up with ideas on how to make English language learning outcome based and effective in India.

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Vol. 4 Issue 50 – Conference: Confluence: The 4th Annual International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as a Second Language, February 22-23, India

We are happy to host the International Conference on Outcome Based Teaching and Learning of English in Anna University, Chennai. The effort in this conference is to grapple with the ideas and concepts underlying OBE particularly with reference to teaching and learning of English and communication skills and to come up with ideas on how to make English language learning outcome based and effective in India.

Continue ReadingVol. 4 Issue 50 – Conference: Confluence: The 4th Annual International Conference on Teaching and Learning English as a Second Language, February 22-23, India
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