Semester :- 3
Roll no :- 11
Enrolment No
:- Pg14101021
Year :- 2015-16
Paper No :- 12
Paper Name :- A
English Language Teching-1
Topic :- Importance of English as an International
language and Objectives of teaching English as a Second language in Gujarat
Email ID :-
kishan.kubavat@gmail.com
Submitted to
:- Department of English
Maharaja Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavnagar
University
Importance of English as an international language
Introduction
English
gained its popularity in India with the coming of British. They rulled India for
nearly two centuries. During this period they gradually introduced English and
Western education to create a class of Indians who could serve the imperial
ruler as an officials and link between them and masses.
In
1947 when India became free, some of our leaders were not in fever of
introducing English in our curriculum. But actually speaking it was the English
language that helped us as a great unifying force in our struggle for freedom.
Many of our leaders inspired from the righting of the great thinkers like
Ruskin, Canlyle, Lincoln and other who wrote in English language for growth,
development and advancement of India, Pandit Nehru and Dr. Radhakrishnan were
not in fever of abolishing it completely.
Lets , discuss all the point in detail.
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English
is rapidly becoming a world language
It is the first
language of United Kingdom, the United States of America, Canada and Australia.
In addition it is spoken and read by many million of Europeans Africans,
Chinese, Indians, Japanese and south Americans as a second language. It is
widely known in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Burma and Shri Lanka and almost every
country of the world.
Medium
of communication
Everything
of importance which happens day by day is printed in English in news paper and
spoken in English over the radio and television all over the world.
50% of world’s newspapers over 50% of the world’s scientific and technical
periodicals and magazines and more than 60% of world’s radio and television use
English as a medium.
•
A
Link Language
It is a link language
as it is used to link the different states and also the people of the same
region speaking different dialects. It is the means of international
communication. English is international in the sense that it helps in
interlinking the people living in the different countries of the world and
establishing international relations. It is interesting to note that about one
half of mankind chase English to communicate with those who do not speak their
own language.
•
A
language of trade and commerce
English
dominates the field of trade industries and commerce all over the world.
Because most of the work in this field carried on in English .Traders and
merchants use English for the purpose of correspondence. Maintenance of
accounts and audit is done in English. It is only the English language through
which we can communicate our opinion in the affairs of the world. English is
our major trade link which the outside world.
•
A
medium of acquiring Knowledge
English is the medium
of acquiring knowledge art, science, humanities, technology etc. The latest
Knowledge in any field can be got in English. It is the language which rich in
knowledge. Actually speaking English is the key to the store house of
knowledge.
The significance of
English as a international language can be drawn from what F.G. French has remarked
regarding English language.
According
to him,
“No language, ancient or modern can be
compared with English as the number of geographical distributions of the homes,
factories and offices in which this language is spoken, read or written.”
I.
Importance
of English as Library Language
As an important library
language English plays a vital role in Education. English is the key to the
store house of knowledge. It is the medium of acquiring latest knowledge of
modern art, science, humanities, technology or any field.
English is the only
language which maximum knowledge can be imparted to the students. It is in this
context that the rule of English as an library language becomes important in India.
Here it is worth to
quote Lord Macaulay’s comments
that__
“a single shelf of good European literature
was worth the whole literature of India and Arabia.”
An important library language plays a vital
role in higher education.
Pandit Nehru say,
“English is our major window on the
modern world.”
While Dr.Radhakrishnan said,
“English is the living stream of
ever growing Knowledge.”
To keep abreast with
latest knowledge in various fields English is a must. Thus the importance of
English language cannot be denied by anyone at any level or place. In this
regard Kothari commission stated,
“No student be considered to have qualified
for a degree unless he has acquired a reasonable proficiency in English (or in
some of the library language.)”
II.
Objectives
of teaching English as a second language in Gujarat
Introduction
In
heterogeneous society like our the need for learning English differs from one
person to another. As English is a second language, it’s very difficult task
for a teacher to teach it. To teach it teacher has to______
Ø Understand
the nature of language
Ø Keep
in mind psychological principles of language learning.
Ø Be
aware of aims and objectives.
Then
and then only teaching of English become more effective and systematic.
v Objectives
The term aims and objectives
are used interchangeably. However both have different meanings. The main
difference being aim provide general direction to educational purpose whereas
objectives indicate particular achievement to be made in specific time limit.
There are two types of objectives
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(1) General
Objectives
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(2) Specific
Objectives
|
1.
General
Objectives
The General Objectives
are long term aims in comparison to the Specific Objectives. The general
objectives are at they par with the aims of education. Therefore they are meant
to be 1 during the schooling period of the pupils. As English begins from class
I and continues to be studied up to XIIth class, these general objectives are
to be w spread from I to XII class of school period. These general objectives
are decided in advance. They are distinct for each subject and standard. They
state what to achieve at the end of the year or course.
v Meaning :-
“ General Objectives are the
statement indicating general achievement regarding knowledge comprehension,
application and skill etc. there can be
many specific objectives for one general objective”
The relationship of aim general objectives &
specific objectives
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•
Semantic
aspect
It relates to
understand meaning; meaning of words & their relationship with other words
used in a sentence.
•
Phonetic
aspect
It deals with the speech sounds,
spelling and pronunciation of words.
•
Graphic
aspect
It deals with the
written from of a language. It deals with representation of language and
script.
•
Phonic
Cum Graphic aspect
It deals with reading aspects of language. All these aspects of
language work in coordination with each other. None of them can work in
isolation.
Based
on above analysis of language learning the following objectives are specified
for teaching and learning English language. Teachers and students engaged in
their purposeful activity must attain these general objectives. Above four
aspects indicate four objectives of English teaching for language development
at junior level & literary development at senior level.
2.
Specific Objective
Besides
the above stated general objectives of teaching English the teaching English
the teacher should have definite clear-cut aims for each lesson in his mind.
They are called the specific objectives.
In
other words these are objectives of teaching the content of lesson so indicate
particular achievement to be made within specific time limit. They are short
term goals and can be archived in the class room. It helps him to know what he
is to do of a particular lesson why & how.
v Meaning :-
“An
objectives is an intent communicated by a statement describing a proposed
change in a learner is to be like when he has successfully completed a learning
experience. It is a description of pattern of behavior. We want the leaner to
be able to demon stare”
v Characteristics of good Objectives
They
should be_______
ü Clear,
specific, precise and to the point
ü Attainable
ü In
the term of change expected in pupil.
ü Useful
ü According
to the need of child.
ü Flexible
in ordinary circumstances
ü Based
on the psychological principles.
Thus, specific
objectives are clear, specific, brief and identifiable in behavioral terms,
specific objectives are always terms with reference to behavior because the
learning is always modified the behavior of learners and statement that states
such behavior known as specific objectives.
§ B. S. Bloom’s Taxonomy
The teaching objectives
are related are to learning outcome or change of behavior of learner, B.S.Bloom
classified the learning objectives in these categories.
•
Cognitive objectives
•
Affective objectives
•
Psycho-motor objectives
Thus, change of behavior is also of
there types Bloom & his associates in university of Chicago have produced a
most important classification or taxonomy of these learning objectives. The
taxonomy arrange objectives in six categories. A useful way of looking at the
domain is. In the cognitive domain, the teacher is interested in what will the
students do, whereas in affective domain the teacher is additionally concern
with what does he do to it or with it and psycho-motor domain concern with how does he do it.
Ø Conclusion
Here we can discuss the how
importance of English language now a day. Also the talk about the English is a
library language. And in Gujarat how teaching English language and objectives
of teaching as second language and we can say the now English is more important
language of communication with world.
English
is a great help to open a window to the world. So we cannot deny its
importance.
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