English in India - Aims

and Achievements in
ELT with Special
Reference to
Chengalpet Region of
Tamil Nadu

DOMINIC XAVIO K.
Research Scholar
 INTRODUCTION

▪ In this era of globalization and Information and Technology, English has a special
and predominant role in the communicative sphere of the world.

▪ India is a developing country and the teaching of English has become a real
challenge right from the beginning of the history of English language teaching
till date.

▪ English symbolizes in Indians’ minds, better education, better culture and

higher intellect.

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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN INDIA

▪ English language has the status of associate official language, but in fact it is
the most important language of India.

▪ English in India is used not only for communicating with the outside world, but
also for inter-state and intrastate communication. Because of the great ethnic
and linguistic diversity found within our nation, English acts as an indispensable
‘link’ language.

▪ English also serves as the communicator among Indians who speak different
languages.
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A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF ELT IN INDIA ENGLISH
LANGUAGE

▪ The reason Indians give such importance to English is related to the fact that
India was a British colony.

▪ The British also established in India universities based on British models with
emphasis on English. These Indians also got their education in British
universities.

▪ The English Christian missionaries came to India from 1813 and they also built
schools at primary level for Indians in which the language of instruction was
local language.
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 THE PRESENT STATE

▪ In India, the English speaking population is only about 3-4%, but with India‘s
massive population, India is among the top three countries in the world with the
highest number of English speakers.

▪ English is used in both public and personal domains and its functions "extend
far beyond those normally associated with an outside language, including the
instrumental, the regulative, the interpersonal and the innovative, self-
expressive function"

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 ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM

▪ English is taught as a second language at every stage of education in all states

of India and has been accepted as the main medium of instruction in higher
education.

▪ Effective learning takes place only when the learner is able to communicate
fluently both in writing and speaking and is able to use English for library
purposes.

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 CONVENTIONAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING

1. GRAMMAR TRANSLATION 2. BILINGUAL METHOD 3. DIRECT METHOD

METHOD
When a student is in the These teachers will stick to
Grammar translation method process of composing his or the practice of using only
was used by the teacher to her English sentences, English, without depending on
teach young children, where abundant help through the L1. Here, teacher is not
teacher explained every word use of mother tongue supposed or authorized to
to students in the native sentences is provided. use any single word from L1.
language to make him
understand and learn English.

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 AIMS OF TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN INDIA

▪ To enable to listen English with proper understanding

▪ To enable to speak English correctly. It means that producing sounds with the
proper stress and intonation.

▪ To enable the students to read English and comprehend and interpret the text.

▪ To enable to acquire knowledge of the elements of English.

▪ To enable students to express themselves creatively and imaginatively.

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REVIEW OF LITERATURE

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 REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Oli K. (2016) justified a theory according RL Lan (2005) revealed the researches
to which the expert states of mind and that had been done over the most recent
practices of an example of instructors of three decades on second and remote
English in South Korean auxiliary schools dialect; and systems utilized for learning
with regards to a concentration point- it. From the investigation it additionally
based examination of the South Korean expected that it indicated productive and
national educational programs and an enthusiastic development.
example of generally utilized reading
material.

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 REVIEW OF LITERATURE

Murat Hismanoglu (2013) concluded Johnny Lee (2011) studied that most of
that teaching literature was important as the English teacher understand the
it can enhance the basic language skills. importance of internet in long-distance
These skills were reading, writing, communicative English and they were
listening and speaking. This paper went also agree with the point that due to use
for accentuating the utilization of writing of internet students of English can
as a prevalent method. Certain dialect transfer their view anywhere in the world.
zones were likewise included i.e.
vocabulary, sentence structure and
articulation.
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DISCUSSION

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 INDIA’S STATUS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE

▪ Today, in India billion plus population with a literate population of 74% in 2011,
knowledge of English guarantees a job across the sectors.

▪ Be it a hairdresser, a bell boy or a waiter, salutations and courtesies in English

are considered so essential that often a minimum skill in the language is non-
negotiable with recruiters .

▪ In case of ELT, effective learning takes place on when the learner is able to
communicate fluently both in writing and speaking and able to use English for
library purposes.
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 APPROACHES OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING IN
INDIA

▪ Indian practice on ELT has been a multi-purpose teaching approach. It differs on

the basis of various purposes to learn English language.

▪ In that way, there has been three fundamental pattern/approaches of ELT in

India, namely:

1. English for Academic Purpose(EAP)

2. English for Occupational purpose(EOP)

3. English for Specific Purpose(ESP)

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 CONTRIBUTIONS BY INDIAN RESEARCHERS FOR ELT

▪ To the promotion of ELT approaches in India, our researchers have done incredible
contribution to ELT field of study and in this paper I brought them close look .

▪ However, as this research deals with English language teaching in India, the
substantial research works done by Indian researchers in relation with English
learning are studied.

▪ Most of the works were unique analysis in nature with particular reference to the
mistakes made by vernacular user of various Indian languages while learning English
as a second language.

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 NECESSITY FOR SYLLABUS DEVELOPMENT

▪ First, right from the onset of the course the teacher understands the ultimate
objective of the course as a result of the planned process. This gives an opportunity
to the teacher to interrelate and integrate all the elements.

▪ Secondly, a planned approach enables better selection of teaching materials and

aids. The class delivery is better planned and oriented towards the end result.

▪ Finally, this syllabus development process leads to improvement of language

education. The teacher plans, structures, selects, organizes the teaching content in
accordance with the learning objectives.

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 KEY ISSUES OF ELT IN INDIA

▪ The teacher in English classroom faces a major issue of concretizing the relevancy of
the novel, ballad, section, words and so on they confront trouble in making live
pictures.

▪ The students think that its hard to comprehend the dynamic thought thus they can't
understand the addresses given by their teachers in English.

▪ On the off chance that a sonnet on pity is going ahead in the class the teacher
should show it so adequately that the students get tears in their eyes.

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CONCLUSION

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 CONCLUSION

▪ English has turned into the language of Governments, Education, headway,

occupations and an image of personal growth.

▪ The new thoughts regarding language, the measurements of use and the new
improvement in instructive innovation have offered ascend to branches in the
utilization of English.

▪ In spite of the fact that the utilization of English as a medium of correspondence in

India goes back to the provincial days, the local non-English speaker particularly from
the rustic inland, worries and objects when presented to a circumstance where he
needs to convey unavoidably in English.
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 A CHALLENGE IN TEACHING ENGLISH TODAY

▪ Challenges before the English Language teachers in India are enormous and
apparent. They should be able to cater to the practical needs of learners, to make
them competent enough to interact with one another and also to retrieve information
all over the world.

▪ English has a base in several countries and is considered as the most suitable and
convenient tool for International Communication. The people who have proficiency in
this language could access large number of jobs and also were seen holding high
positions in many National and International Organizations.

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