Journal of English Language Teaching

Promoting Students’ Interest in Learning English through Co-Curricular Activities

Datta G. Sawant

TACS College, Sengaon, Dist. Hingoli, Maharastra

Keywords: Co-Curricular Activities, Student interests

Abstract

The present paper is an analysis of students’ interest in learning English through co-curricular activities. It reports a small-scale research conducted in the author’s college to promote students’ interest to learn English with the help of some co-curricular activities, viz. student seminars, wall-poster presentations, weekly lectures on screen/projector and reading club. I and II year students (U. G. level) from three faculties were selected (Arts, Commerce and Sciences). In this experiment, two student seminars and two wall-poster presentations on different themes were organized. One lecture on screen/ projector in a week was given for a month and a reading club was established to foster learning English.  After completion of all these activities, feedback was collected from the students.