TEACHING ENGLISH: CLASSROOMS, CHALLENGES AND STRATEGIES

Abstract

India has an extraordinary opportunity for teaching English in its education system. Since ages, English language has been considered a colonial language or a foreign language in India. It has been largely realized recently that English is more a language of worldwide communication, research, education and employability. Due to its socio-economic-cultural variety, Indians need a common linguistic platform to deal with the official language as English. Hence, across the country, English language plays a very important role as a link language. Through curriculum, English has been serving as a bridge across the schools and colleges in Indian education system. Hence, this research paper aims to focus on the challenges faced by the English educators in the Indian classroom and offer a few strategies.