Vol. 4 Issue 40 – Research Paper: ‘Two Englishes-Towards Sensible Language Teaching and Learning’ by Dr. R. Srividya
In India, English is a library language. Most of the Indians tend to reserve it for formal occasions and don't get chatty in English, unless they are from convent schools. We chat in our own local languages. English is used to communicate with those who don’t understand the local language. English does have immense potential for humour and chatting in English does help in enriching ourselves in the English language. This can be done by getting students do extensive secondary reading where they get to learn informal usages. Unless students who reach middle school understand the distinctions and get sensitive to words and its meanings, they are likely to commit malapropisms that would cause serious troubles not only to themselves, but to the organization or nation which they are to handle in their later life.