Mixed-Ability Classrooms: A Look into a Typical Indian ESL Undergraduate Classroom
Chattaraj, Dishari
PhD Research Scholar, Centre for Linguistics, School of Language Literature and Culture Studies, JNU, New Delhi, India
Keywords: Mixed-Ability Classroom, English as Second Language (ESL), English Language Teaching (ELT), Error Analysis (EA)
Abstract
The present study, which is based on 50 first year undergraduate students, aims to study the diversity that exists in a typical Indian ESL Undergraduate classroom. And, in doing so it studies the variation in learners’ perceptions, their attitude towards English Language Learning and the program they are studying, their language learning strategies, and their perception of errors. The study also tests the performance of the students by means of a LAT and Free Composition test. It applies certain statistical tools and also uses Error Analysis as a tool to decipher the level of the students. The study ends by providing pedagogical implications of the findings.
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