Digital Technology and Content Resources for the English Teacher: An Overview.

Digital Technology and Content Resources for the English Teacher: An Overview. Dr. Ravikrishnan A K Sel.Grade Lecturer Sree Kerala Varma College, Thrissur Content Authoring Technology enables teachers who are not computer programmers to create sophisticated E- Learning programs for use locally and on the Internet. In this scenario a direct relationship is established between the [...]

English in India

English in India Dr. K. Balachandran Prof. of English Annamalai University English is no more a foreign language to India and Indians. English started to leave its deep roots in the educational institutions in the 50s and 60s. In the 21st century, English has grown like a banyan tree. Without English can Higher Education be [...]

Convergence of Indianization of English and Multilingualism

Convergence of Indianization of English and Multilingualism Dr. J. Sundarsingh Associate Professor of English Karunya University, Coimbatore In India there is always a conflict between Indianization of English and Westernization of English due to obvious reasons. The arrival of English in India is due to western invasion and its prolonged stay to the extent of [...]

English Language: History and Problems in India Today

English Language: History and Problems in India Today Shaikh Naushad Umarsharif Dept. of English Poona College of Arts and Science, Pune This paper aims at studying the historical background and the roots that brought English Language in India and the way it got strengthened. It also focuses on the pre-independent and post independent developments regarding [...]

Good Servant, Bad master: The role of Standard in ELT

Good Servant, Bad master: The role of Standard in ELT Dr. Tim Marr London Metropolitan University, U.K. It is usually understood in a reasonably unproblematic way that the form of foreign language that is to be taught and learned is the ‘standard’ form. While the author has no intention of develop a critique of this [...]

An EST Curriculum – The Challenges Ahead

An EST Curriculum –   the Challenges ahead Mr. S. P. Sureshkumar and Ms. R. Kalpana Senior Lecturers Dept of English PSG college of Technology Coimbatore One of the most widely felt concerns among the institutions imparting technical education is that of designing an ideal EST curriculum that would cater to the complete communicative requirements of [...]