Mahananda Pathak is a doctoral student in The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. He can be reached at mahanandap@gmail.com.

Abstract

This paper presents the methodologies that teachers in a remote village in Assam used to teach English to primary school students. The activities used by the teachers in these classes are not unique to Assam alone, but, are commonly used across all regional medium primary schools in India.

Introduction

The use of English in India is no longer restricted to an elite few in the cities; but, is used extensively by the masses for various purposes pertaining to education, business and communication. This has resulted in a widespread public demand for more access to English within the school education system. As a result, many Indian state governments have introduced English at the lower primary level. (more…)