Teaching of English 1st year Rita Publication

Teaching of English 1st year Rita Publication 2024

Unit-1 : Issues of Teaching English in the Elementary level in India

• Concept of first, second and foreign language—a historical view of English as a second language (ESL) in India
• Importance of English in the multilingual context in India—English as a link language-for national and international link, English as a library language
•  Language acquisition and Language Learning—concept, difference between acquisition and learning stages of acquisition, factors influencing language acquisition, importance of an acquisition-rich environment, perspectives on appropriate age for learning second language
• A historical overview of development of English language Teaching in India
• Aims and objectives of teaching English—Objectives of teaching English as per the Kothari Commission and NCF-2005, Objectives of teaching English as second language in the elementary level in West Bengal

Unit 2 : Content—Proficiency

• Critical reflection upon the content of the text books from class I-VIII
• Personal response to the poems and stories in the text books
• Critical reflection on adapting the text to the individual and special needs of the diverse learners
• Reading from authentic sources beyond the text books like newspaper reports, popular and relevant stories[children’s literature], rhymes, notice, popular culture and stories/folklores from local/indigenous cultures and relating them to the text
• Reading beyond the text about topical issues like ecological issues and bio-diversity, education, equity etc and relating them to the content in the text books

Unit 3 : Approaches, Methods and Techniques of Teaching English in the Elementary level

• Concept of Approach, Method and Technique—definition and difference between them, importance of approaches and methods in teacher education programs
• Structural Approach, Grammar Translation Method, Situational Language Teaching& Audiolingual method, Communicative Language Teaching, Task-based Language Teaching, Cooperative Language Teaching, Content and Language Integrated Teaching in multicultural and multilingual context, Eclectic method
• Constructivist approach to teaching English at the elementary level