Digital Teacher English Language Lab not only enhances vocabulary but also focuses on the finer shades of language. English Language Lab focuses on many areas such as pace of speech, MTI, vocabulary, grammar, phonetics, intonation, pronunciation which will make you an expert and build your confidence.

1. ROLEOFENGLISHLANGUAGEININDIA
Languagesareimportantinthelifeofanynation.Themembersofasocialgroupneedlanguageto
communicatewitheachother,forallsocialpurposes,forpublicadministration,forcommerceandindustry,
foreducationandsoon.OursisacountrywithMultilingual,Multicultural,andpluralisticmilieu.Social
aspirationscanbestbefulfilledwhentheyareallowedtofunctionthroughthemothertongue.Therefore,it
isnaturaltothinkofyourmothertongueforthepurposeofeducation.Butthenecessitytohaveacommon
languageforinteractionhasledtothelearningofEnglish.
TheEnglishlanguageisapowerfulforcenotjustforeconomics,business,andtrade,butformutual
respectandprogress.Itisalsobecomingthecommonfutureofhumancommerceandcommunication.
Englishisthebesttooltoprovidegoodopportunityforthelearnertolearn.Thisisalsothelanguageof
instructioninalltheUniversitiesandcollegesacrossthecountry.Thescenarioissuchthatoneneedsto
polishtheskillsofEnglishtoobtainajob.Mereknowledgeofsubjectsisnolongertheonlycriteriato
secureajobintoday’stime.Withthegrowingglobalization,onemustbeabletocommunicateinEnglish
andshouldhaveagoodEnglishvocabulary,ifonewantstogoacrossthecountryforeducationalorjob
purposes.
Thus,thoughaforeignlanguage,EnglishoccupiesauniquepositionintheIndianeducationalsystem.Even
afterindependence,itcontinuestobeamajorlanguagehavingaprestigiouspositioninoursociety.This
chapterattemptstofocusattentionontheroleoftheEnglishlanguageandthechangingneedsofEnglish
LanguageTeachingandLearninginIndia.EnglishspeakingandEnglishlisteningaregivenaveryhigh
priorityintheIndianeducationalsystem.TheelitesocietyinIndiasendstheirchildrentoEnglish-medium
schoolsandeventhepoorestofthepooraspiretosendtheirchildrentothesamesinceEnglishisseenasa
languagethatprovidesupwardeconomicandsocialmobility.

2. Speakingisoneofthemostdifficultskillslanguagelearnerswouldface.Despitethis,ithastraditionally
beenforcedintothebackgroundwhileteachersofEnglish,havespentalltheclassroomtimetryingto
teachstudentshowtowrite,toreadandsometimeseventolisten.Englishspeakingisgenerallythoughtto
bethemostimportantofthefourskills.Thisskillisthemostcomplicatedbecausenon-nativespeakers
mustinterpretnotonlythemessagethatotherspeakerstrytoexpress,butalsoconsiderotherpossibilities.
Contrarytowhateverybodythinksaboutforeignlanguagelearning,listeningcompetenceiswiderthan
speakingcompetence.Ithastakenmanyyearstogivethelisteningskilltheimportanceitdeservesin
secondandforeignlanguagelearningamongtheteachingprofession.Thisisthereasonwhyrecently;the
languageteachingprofessionhasbroughtintofocusonEnglishlisteningcomprehension.Englishistheonly
languagewhichisunderstoodbyeducatedpeoplealloverthecountry.EnglishspeakingandEnglish
listeningareneedednotjustforoperationalpurposesbutalsoforidentifyingoneselfwiththosewhouse
thelanguageinIndiaandabroad.
AccordingtoDr.S.RadhaKrishnanCommissiononEducation“Englishistheonlymeansofpreventingour
isolationfromtheworldandwewillactunwiselyifweallowourselvestobeenvelopedinthefoldsofa
darkcurtainofignorance”.
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