Journal of English Language Teaching

ELT: Status and Challenges at Under Graduate Level in Rural North Karnataka

Sivakumar U. Ganachari

Assistant Professor of English, KLES S.Nijalingappa College, Bengaluru

Keywords: Competent, experimental, effective strategies, Planning and preparation

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Abstract

Face of English language teaching has changed dramatically after globalization.  Indeed, it is not only changed the perspectives of the language teaching but also focused both English for academic purpose and English for specific purpose. This is the reason why techniques of teaching and classroom delivery has shifted from teacher centred to learner centred. This philosophy of learner centeredness has strong links with experimental learning and also encourages for task based language teaching English is playing a pivotal role in Indian system of Education since its inception. Gradually sea change has taken place both in teaching and learning even; it is observed people’s mindset that without English there is no bright future in the fast changing world. This is the reason why importance of English language has increased ever than before. At present English is being taught in India as a compulsory subject at under graduate level. In spite of this having learnt English as compulsory subject, students are not competent to communicate and interactive with people, paradoxically majority of students show good performance in the examination by scoring distinction in English.

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