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Teaching English in the Rural Indian Society: Problems Pestering and Solutions for Addressing the Issue

ABSTRACT:

English language was started in India long ago for the different purposes. In the beginning the language was treated as a foreign language and a section of the people formed a kind of opinion that it was imposed on the Indians. It was a fact that the contemporary Indian scenario was brought into the limelight by means of the very language. Due to the educational reforms introduced by the British rulers, the momentum in the language development got flourished. Many Indians were successful in not only communicating in the language but also delivering their great works in it. After the independence, English has cemented its position as leaps and bounds. From the status of a foreign language, English is taught as the first, second and third languages in the different educational hierarchies. On account of the changes taking place in different wings of knowledge, English has penetrated into many other spheres and the divergent areas were also influenced by the language itself. Still, the teaching of English in rural Indian society is facing a crisis due to psychological, sociological, institutional, linguistic and infrastructural reasons. In this paper, the cited reasons are discussed and a clear thought process is done to find out the solutions to eliminate the existential drawbacks that create inefficiency, confusion in learning and impediments for the effective use of the language. It further concentrates on suggesting the suitable situations and conditions belonging to the natural ways of learning the language. This paper also analyses how the rural students can concentrate on the development of their own techniques for the improvement and effective use of the language.

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