Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1997
Publication Title
Studies in Second Language Acquisition
Volume
19
Issue Number
3
First Page
409
Last Page
410
Disciplines
Other Languages, Societies, and Cultures
Abstract
This collected volume on English language teaching (ELT) in India contains 22 articles written by Indian teachers and researchers. The book has been divided into six sections. The first section—“Problematizing ELT in India”—offers a critical, historical perspective along with innovative ideas for making English language learning and teaching meaningful and purposive in modern India. The second section—“Nature of ELT Materials”—demonstrates how the ELT materials used in Indian classrooms are not embedded in local needs and indigenous contexts. The section emphasizes the importance of developing instructional materials that not only make use of the rich linguistic and cultural resources available in India but also promote effective communication skills among the learners. The third section—“Learner Profiles”—provides interesting insights into the needs, wants, and lacks of Indian learners of English. This section shows how the instruments of needs analysis developed in monocultural and monolingual settings are inadequate for assessing the needs and wants of learners in multilingual and multicultural India. The fourth section—“Classroom Issues”—focuses on certain central issues affecting teaching and learning in the classroom context, particularly the role of native language knowledge and skills that Indian learners bring with them. The fifth section—“Course Evaluation and Teacher Development”—suggests ideas for making teacher education responsive to the changing roles and responsibilities of language teachers. The sixth and final section—“Curriculum Change”—deals with the principles and procedures for curricular changes that are in tune with the evolving knowledge about learning and teaching and the increasing desire for learner control of the process of materials development and evaluation.
Recommended Citation
B Kumaravadivelu. "Language Teaching in India: Issues and Innovations" Studies in Second Language Acquisition (1997): 409-410.
Comments
Copyright © 1997 Cambridge University Press. The full article appears in Studies in Second Language Acquisitons and may be found online at: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0272263197223065.