The Undergraduate General English Syllabus with Special Focus on Spirit of the Times: Aims and Achievements.

The Undergraduate General English Syllabus with Special Focus on Spirit of the Times: Aims and Achievements. Dr. Vineetha Mareeta John Lecturer Aquinas College, Edakochi The Ministry of Education as early as 1985 pointed out the need for shifting the focus of teaching English. Instead of the so far teacher–centered programmes and syllabus, it stipulated the [...]

Learn to Experience, Experience to Learn: A comparative study of select modern Experiential Learning theories with the Vedic System of education

Learn to Experience, Experience to Learn: A comparative study of select modern Experiential Learning theories with the Vedic System of education Sumathi Shivakumar Sr. Sub Editor cum Language Editor, ICFAI Research Centre, Chennai Teaching, Learning and Education, are expressions inextricably inter- related. But the mangled network causes innumerable problems as the result (education) does not [...]

“Methods and Materials: The Importance of ‘difference’ in English Language Teaching”

“Methods and Materials: The Importance of ‘difference’ in English Language Teaching” Dr. Fiona English London Metropolitan University, U.K. Over the last forty years or so the English language has become a highly marketable commodity, promoted by governments, publishers and mass culture exported through popular media.  Whether by design or accident, it is now clear that [...]