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Teaching of English in Indian Schools through Grammar Translation Method―Low Performance―A Field StudyDOI: 10.4236/oalib.1100731, PP. 1-4 Subject Areas: Education, Linguistics Keywords: TEFL, Syntax, Communicability, Influence Abstract
Teaching and learning of English language
as a second language has become a major concern in the present time for all
persons who use English in their daily routine and also for the learner’s
emotional, intellectual, cognitive and social development. Teaching English as
a foreign language refers to teaching English to those students whose first
language is not English. So far as teaching of English language in our Indian
schools (Govt. Schools) is concerned, it is in a dwindling state. The most
popular method of teaching English is Grammar Translation Method. The grammar
translation method is not the natural way of learning language. In it English
is learnt through the medium of mother-tongue. It leads to the low performance
on the part of the learners. This study has been made by actually visiting the
randomly selected schools of Punjab (distt. Hoshiarpur) to understand the real
situation of teaching and learning of English Language in Indian schools. There
are several reasons for undertaking the study of teaching English through Grammar
Translation Method and causes of low performance as there has been hardly any
worthwhile study at micro level pertaining to the Grammar Translation Method.
Therefore, this study will be a useful contribution. Grover, P. (2014). Teaching of English in Indian Schools through Grammar Translation Method―Low Performance―A Field Study. Open Access Library Journal, 1, e731. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1100731. References
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