Crisis in Englsh Language Learning
A research paper on English language in Higher Education:
Exploring Learner centred approach
‘Crisis in English language learning’
Bandhavi Kumari G Regd No 1224122
Dais Maria Regd no 1224124
Christ University
Bangalore
Abstract
“An international language belongs to its users, not to the countries whose national languages have become internationalized” (Edge1993). The position of English in the world has changed so greatly, and the number of L2 speakers has increased so rapidly that all the descriptions of the place of English world languages need to be rewritten. English language teaching and learning at higher levels need to be looked in various approaches as to whether there is a crisis or not. This research deals with crisis in English language learning at higher levels of education. The students focused for this research paper are the Undergraduate students who are respectively from Bachelor of Sciences, Bachelor of Commerce and bachelor of Business Management. These groups of students’ responses were used to study the main causes of failure in language learning. All students would not have equal ability or interest towards English learning at Undergraduate level. Especially these groups of students do less focus on the compulsory subject ‘General English’. Mixed ability classes, incompetent syllabus, peer pressure, less motivation and mother tongue influences can be the major reasons for the crisis which these graduate students face. So the causes of the failures have been looked into and also the remedies have also been discussed for both teachers and the students. The remedies may or may not help in rectifying the issue very sooner but definitely the learning abilities will be improved in long run.
Introduction
English has been taught in our educational intuitions for quite some time now, yet our students feel handicapped in using it effectively in and outside their classrooms. The reasons are many and manifold but the most obvious
Exploring Learner centred approach
‘Crisis in English language learning’
Bandhavi Kumari G Regd No 1224122
Dais Maria Regd no 1224124
Christ University
Bangalore
Abstract
“An international language belongs to its users, not to the countries whose national languages have become internationalized” (Edge1993). The position of English in the world has changed so greatly, and the number of L2 speakers has increased so rapidly that all the descriptions of the place of English world languages need to be rewritten. English language teaching and learning at higher levels need to be looked in various approaches as to whether there is a crisis or not. This research deals with crisis in English language learning at higher levels of education. The students focused for this research paper are the Undergraduate students who are respectively from Bachelor of Sciences, Bachelor of Commerce and bachelor of Business Management. These groups of students’ responses were used to study the main causes of failure in language learning. All students would not have equal ability or interest towards English learning at Undergraduate level. Especially these groups of students do less focus on the compulsory subject ‘General English’. Mixed ability classes, incompetent syllabus, peer pressure, less motivation and mother tongue influences can be the major reasons for the crisis which these graduate students face. So the causes of the failures have been looked into and also the remedies have also been discussed for both teachers and the students. The remedies may or may not help in rectifying the issue very sooner but definitely the learning abilities will be improved in long run.
Introduction
English has been taught in our educational intuitions for quite some time now, yet our students feel handicapped in using it effectively in and outside their classrooms. The reasons are many and manifold but the most obvious