About the Book

Success into the arena of quality education depends largely on teachers and their level of skills and competencies . Appropriate pedagogical training would benefit everyone engaged in the task of teaching. Hence, the trainee is expecting to attain a certain level of proficiency in teaching English. The book thoroughly discusses and provides adequate information to help. The student will understand the implementations of each item for teaching /learning of English, especially at the secondary level. In this book entitled “English Language Pedagogy” she has traced the latest innovations in the field of English Language. This book is useful for prospective teachers of English. It is also meant for Teachers working in Teachers Training colleges, B.Ed., Teacher Educators and general public too. Hence, this book, “A Work of Worth” , and “Ready to Refer” .

About the Author

N. Devaki has a decade of experience in teaching and research. She was awarded Ph.D in Education, M.Ed., M.Sc (Psy)., M.A (Eng), M.Phil(Eng), M.Phil (Edu) from various reputed Indian institutions. She has been serving as an Assistant professor in the department of Education, Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram since 2003. She has visited Srilanka three times to provide training in English Language Teaching. She has presented and published papers in many National and International Conferences and Journals. She has a perennial quest for learning and scholarship. Her aspirant tentacles try to reach even far flung areas to promote education and developmental activities so as to scale new peaks in social development. Success into the arena of quality education depends largely on teachers and their level of skills and competencies. Appropriate pedagogical training would benefit everyone engaged in the task of teaching. Hence, the trainee is expecting to attain a certain level of proficiency in teaching English. The book thoroughly discusses and provides adequate information to help. The student will understand the implementations of each item for teaching /learning of English, especially at the secondary level. In this book entitled “English Language Pedagogy” she has traced the latest innovations in the field of English Language. This book is useful for prospective teachers of English. It is also meant for Teachers working in T eachers T raining colleges, B.Ed., Teacher Educators and general public too. Hence, this book, “A Work of Worth”, and “Ready to Refer”

Table of Contents:
Contents Preface 9 Unit-I I Language Teaching 11 II Nature of Language 12 III Functions of Language 13 IV Characteristics of Language 14 V Principles of Language Teaching 17 VI Phonology 22 VII First Language 25 VIII Multilingual Context of India 28 IX Three-language Formula 29 X Medium of Instruction 30 XI Psychology of Language Learning 31 XII Recommendation in NPE 31 XIII Language – The Primary Need of the Child 33 Language – as Medium of Growth 34 Language and Social Life 35 Language and Intellectual Traditions 36 Unit –II I Objectives of Teaching English 39 II Taxonomic Categories of Domains 41 III Teaching Method 49 Grammar Translation Method 50 The Direct Method 51 Dr West’s Method 52 Group Method 54 Assignment Method 56 The Text Book Method 58 Playway Method 59 The Substitution Method 63 IV The Structural Approach 65 V The Situational Approach 77 VI Communicative Approach 79 VII Teaching of English Prose 87 VIII Teaching of Poetry 90 IX Difference between Prose and Poetry 96 X Teaching of Vocabulary 98 XI Teaching of Grammar 100 XII Teaching of Translation 108 XIII Text Books 111 XIV Teaching of English Composition 114 XV Communication 135 XVI Language Skills 155 XVII Supplementary Skills 170 XVIII Pictures for Language Learning 175 XIX Central Institute of Indian Languages 177 XX Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages 179 XXI Kendriya Hindi Shikshan Mandal 179 XXII Formula in Conversation 180 XXIII Telephonic Conversation 185 XXIV Interviews 187 XXV Language Comprehension and Production 193 XXVI Techniques of Teaching English 194 XXVII Teaching Techniques 195 XXVIII Teaching Vocabulary 196 XXIX A Few More Language Teaching Techniques 201 Index 207