Journal of English Language Teaching

National Curriculum Framework and its Implications for the Indian School ESL Curriculum

Pooja Giri

Lecturer, Regional Institute of English, Bengaluru

S. Venkateswaran

(Retd.)Regional Institute of English, Bengaluru

Keywords: Implications of National Curriculum Framework, Indian ESL Curriculum

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Abstract

This paper attempts to make a survey of the principles of the National Curriculum Framework 2005 and attempts to evaluate Karnataka State Reader (Grade VI-IX) on the basis of the principles enshrined in the NCF. It tries to highlight the principles incorporated in the Reader and those that need to be added.

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