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Importance of english language in
Gujarat,compared to other states of
India:-
English language
gained its popularity in india with the coming of british,They ruled india for nearly two centuries.During
this perid they gredually introduced english and westurn educatin to great a
class of indian who coud serve the imperial ruler as an official and link
between them and masse .
In 1997 ,when india become free,some of our leader
were not in feverof intruducing english in our curriculer.but actually speking
it was the english language that helped us as a great unifying force in our
struggle for freedom.Many of our leaders insprired from the rightthing of the
graet thinkers lie ruskin,caryle,Lincol,and other who wrote in
english,Realizing the importance of english language for growth,development and
advancement of India,pandit nehru and Dr.radha krishna were not in fever of
abolishing in completely.
As in gujarat,all
things of foreign/england was avoided,because gandhiji was from gujarat so
people of gujarat has believed in ‘’Gandhi na gijarat ma Angrez nahi’’ and they
were highly followed it still freedom and also after the freedom,all states has
invited this language in their day to day life and also in education but some
how Gujarat could not accepected it but after 1971,english language has
established its important in Gijarat also.Before write about importance of
english language in gujarat,let`s have glance over on objectives of teching
english as a second language in gujarat.
In heterogeneous
society like our the need for learning english,differ from one to another
person.As english is second language,its very difficult tas for a techer to
teach it.To teach it teacher has to………
understand the nature of
language
Keep in mind principales
psychological of language learning
Be awere of aims and objectives
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Objectives:
The term aims and objectives are used
interchagebly.However both have different maeaning.The main difference beging
aim provide genral direction to educational purpose whereas objectives indicate
particular achiever tobe made in specific time limit,There are two types of
objective….
1]Genral
2]Specific.
1] Genral Objectives:
The genral objectives are long-term aims in comparision
to the specific objectives.The genral objectives are par with the aims and
education.Therefore they are meant to be achived during the schlling period of
pupil.As english begins from class-I and continus to be studied upto xII th
class,these genral obectives are to be well spread from I to XII classes of school period,These genral
objectives are decided in advance. They are disinet for each subject and
standard.They state what to achive at the end of the year or course.
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Meaning:
General objective are
the statement indicating genral achivement regarding knowledge
comprehension,appliction,skill etc there can be many specific objectives for
one genral objective.
1)Semantic
aspect:
It
releted to understand meaning; meaning of words and their relanship with other
worda used in a sentence.
2)Phonetic
aspect:
It deals with speech sound,
spellings and pronounciation of words
3)Graphic
aspect:
It deals with the wriiten from of a
language it deals with representation of language and script.
4)Phonic
aspect:
It deals with reading aspect of
language
Language devlopment and literary
development are also genral objectives.but it can help student to mug up
english language,but not helpful in day to day communication.
2]Specific objectives:
Besides the above stated genral.Objectives of teaching
english the teacher shiould have definite cler cut aims for each lession in his mind.They are called the specific
objectives.In other words these ae
objective of teaching the content of lesson so indicate particular acivment to
be made within specific time imit.they are short-term goals,and can be achived
in the classroom.They are definite,clear,precise,to the point and exprssible in
the terms of achivment.They are achivable in day-today learning.They will very
according to the teaching point of a teacher.So it is very necessary for a
teacher to specify his ojjectives of teaching.It helps him to know what he is
to do of a particular lesson,why $ how.
objective is an intent comminicated by
statement describing a propsed change in
a learner a statement of what the learner is to be like when he has
successfully completed a learning experince.it is a description of patton of
behaviour.We want the learner to bo able to demonstrate.
In gujarat after
198,english should be taught,accoding to above mential objectives.through these
objectives to learn english becomes more simple for the leaner at primitive
stage.
So these objectives
are helpful for learning english language easily and most of student can avoid
their fear to learn language..
In secondary,higher secandary and primary school of gujarat,english
learn through these objectives.
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The language formula followed by the
gujarat Government:
Gujarat
follows the three language formula recommended by the union government,in
addition to the teaching a classical
language, sanskrit at the school level.It is in the line with the centerl
government`s edcanional policy.The language offerded are gujarati,hindi,english
and snaskri,The state government in gujarat follows the formula for the overall
benfit of not only the stage natives but also tha non-natives living in
gujarat.The government of gujarat has born in mind that any language should far
be offered for learning only with a a clear purpose in mind.The farmer of the
language policy of the gujarat government considered the question of
(1) the number of language that can be
learned by pupil and,
(2) the stage of stages at which the
study of these language shuld be commended.
The government has concider one
more perspetive.That is ,the mediam of instrument of for the non-native
9recent arrivas)and prescribe for spekers of gujarati.It has prescribe two
media of instruction,namely.the gujarati medium (for th natives and native
spears of gujarati)and english mediam (for the non-nativea who are non-native speaker of gujarat),
In states like kerala where english for all student is compulsory but in
gujarat english language in higher
secondery school but after 2006 english language is compulsary hor higher
secondary standered and also after 2010 in primary standred,the level of
english language becomes higher,as they are not learn only aophabets of English language as before it tought in primary standered in gujarat but after 5th
standered they also learn poetry,lessons of short storise etc… So it maes them
to improve their language by their
ownnot mugup language as a subject.
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English – language curriculum:
The language offered in the school system are arrenged and nameed in
termes of a sequentional hireachy.he first language,second language,third
language and fourth language.Gujarati is called the first language.Hindi is
caalled second language.english is third language and the fourth language
offerred is Sanskrit.but now sitiation change english placed as second language
and hindi can be selected as an optinol language.But in primary standered
english language comes at the thrird language.In these language ,the government
has prepared textbook of two levels.Higher
level and lower level.The higher level text books and teaching include both the
language and litoary content where as the lower leval textbook and teaching
include only the language of functionll aspects that aim at giving a good
commicative ability to the learness.The difference in the texcual levels in a
given language is a two years between higher
and lower levels of the same language.The Gitterion for placing a
student ar approprite level is not the mediam of insrruction but the status of
the student as a native or non –native (recent arrivel) and native,or
non-native sper in the case of the first language and second language.In
totality ,all the student have to study all four language at one or thae other
level.The teaching of each language commences at a certain leval of standered
in a given school .The intention is to see that all the student exposes to some
level of skill in the communication litery or the language aspected of language prescribe.It serves
to fulfil the guidelines prescribed by the education plicy to a certain
extent,and meet the language education need of the pupil in gujarat.
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Place of English language in Gujarat:
A great deal of controversy exitea about the palce of
english in the scheme of studies especially in nor thern India.Mr.promod
mahajan,a yong,promient and capable cabinet minister of the bjp government,he
has said that
“The success of indian
information
Technology sector around
the world.
Was due to the competance
of indian
Experts in english.’’
In gujarat, the teaching of english for the naitves and
native spekers of gujarati begings at the lower level.the number of good
english teacher is indeduate even to meet this task.English is llowed as the
first language to the non-native from the pre-primary level at the higher
level.But the natives it is offered as the second languagge at the lower level
from thr third standred.The contents at the lower are similer to the preprimary
level meant for the non-natives.
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Dificulties faced by the teacher in
teaching of english:
This is
also one of the resone that why Gujarat was lacking to learn enaglish in
compare to other states if inadia.
Teaching of english Gujarat is a many sided problem.The teacher of
eanglish who has to face these problems should be familler with the nature and
scope of these problems.They should know how to arganize these teaching at
varoous level in order to minimiaed these adverse effects.Some challnging in
the contects of a complex indian situation
in which the child must study in
mother tongue and english as well .The english languagae institutes at
hyderbad has been doing useful work to solve diffioulties of indian children in
learning english.Nevertheless desite researcheres an investingation done in
India and other contries to discover
better teaching of teaching english.But result is not gained.
The problems are………
1]
policy on english:
Since
the mid-1950`s the government policy towards retaining english has been
ratherwee,cosulting uncertain-ting and unpredicatable.
2]
Goals of English Teaching:
The
teaching of english in india and purticulary in gujarat has many co-distanct
purposes.Each of them reqring a different approch and differrent condition for
it`s success.The four purpose are social,technicle and admistrative and cutter.
Thus student are coming to school with vwrious requirment and needs so it is
difficult for a teacher to fulfill all the needs and requirements.
Over
crowed classes, substandred of boos,lac
of supplementary reader and workbook are also become barrier to learn english
languagae.
But the
most important natewoty thing is that students of gujarat habitual to mug up
grammar structures and sentence and learn it as subject not as a language.
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Conclusion:
In spite of the fact that different political
combinatins came to power in Gujarat Since imdependence ,the uniformity in the
education police of the state seems to have been mintained.The policy certainly
fulles in level ofline with the central
government`s guidence on education in terms of the number of languagage to be
taught.It offer four language to the students. The languages are taught either
at the high level r lower levels ,depending upon the native and non native
spekers of gujarati,and the dominate language of state,even the standeard of
each boo for each level is stipulated.Due considertion has been given to the
language learning load of the student and hence the teaching of a particular
language commencense at a suitable level of entry level acquintance at s
suitble level of entery level
acquintance with the language to be learned.This is not to say that there is totle arreement with this
policy;one could easily discern the tondency to enroil in large numbers in
provites schools that start teaching in
privet schools that higher level than presribed in the state syllabus..The gujarat government
educational policy valus language sentiment`s of gujaratis and at the same time trise to avoid any
confronataion eith center,with regard to
teaching hindi .In order to keep the communicative ability in english while at the same time not burding
the students with a heavy load of english it has presoibed english as a second
languagge for the natives with a
lower-level text book.Since gujarati has its roet in classical sansrit,this
language too has become one of the languages taught as the fourth languges in
the high school just for a pervide of 3
years.
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