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01.01.2020
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Research Articles
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Teaching English in Engineering Institutions in India
Dr. Shalini Bhargava
Professor & Head, Dept. of Humanities, Arya College of Engineering & I.T., Kukas, Jaipur
Keywords: Teaching English in India, Teaching English to engineering students
Abstract
English plays an important role as it has emerged as the lingua franca for all types of transactions around the globe. It is the language of education, science, technology, business, industry, commerce, law, etc. It acts as the link language in the multicultural and multilingual social setting of a country like India and also has a strong association with higher education, career enhancement and global employability. The teaching of English to learners from different social and cultural backgrounds in engineering institutions is a potent challenge for the language teachers. These include problems like mother tongue interference, lack of motivation to learn and other sociolinguistic factors. This paper focuses on the prominent problems that interfere with obtaining the desired results in the language classrooms and the techniques that can be adopted to overcome them.
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