Teaching Activities Enhance Speaking Skills A Study based on Transitional Students in Tamil Nadu
K. Jeya Gowri1, M. Ilankumaran2, R. Abilasha3
1K. Jeya Gowri, Research Scholar, Department of English, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay (Tamil Nadu), India.
2M. Ilankumaran, Professor, Department of English, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, Kumaracoil, Thuckalay (Tamil Nadu), India.
3R. Abilasha, Assistant Professor, Department of English, Holy Cross College of Arts and Science Autonomous, Nagercoil (Tamil Nadu), India.
Manuscript received on 18 June 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 11 July 2019 | Manuscript Published on 17 July 2019 | PP: 1032-1038 | Volume-8 Issue-1C2 May 2019 | Retrieval Number: A11780581C219/2019©BEIESP
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Abstract: The current paper displaysthe failure of traditional methods used in the English language classrooms which are purely teacher-centred and do not allow the students to be competent in English. It is because, in the teacher-centred classrooms, the students remain as mute spectators. They cannot be communicative in the classroom. Indeed, this condition has to be reconstructed and lifted through various teaching strategies. Learner-centred classroom has to be adopted for the efficient and effective communication of the students. This paper tries to convey the factors associated with the environment of English language teaching situation in higher secondary schools. The education policyhas been developed among the schools but the teaching and learning strategies remain the same in typical classroom teaching. The eminence of language education in schools and colleges in the current era shows a dreadful picture. The proficiency of the teachers in English language and the exposure to the materials and language are the main concern in English language learning as well as teaching. This article uncovers the utility of executing the methodology of language teaching through various tasks or activities for the higher secondary and higher education students in the classroom. This paper analyses the concept in regard to the English language learners in transition with reference to the activity based language teaching in the classroom environment.
Keywords: Competence, Learner-Centred, Classroom Environment, Activity Based Language Teaching, Teacher-Centred, Higher Secondary Students, Transition, Methodology of Language Teaching.
Scope of the Article: Natural Language Processing