Pedagogy Of English

Preface

This book is aimed to develop the Teaching abilities of the students from Colleges of Education. The topics have been carefully chosen to match the interests of the current generation of learners who are globally aware and sufficiently exposed to the contemporary trends. The book covers a wide range of topics from prescribed revised Telangana syllabus of Teacher Education. Care has been taken to include themes which are deeply motivational, character-building, thought-provoking, and intellectually stimulating. Although the materials chiefly cater to the students of B.Ed Colleges, regular teachers and Teacher Educators will also find them equally useful and interesting.

Traditionally speaking, the field of English language teaching

focuses on the four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing, along

with the necessary elements of grammar and vocabulary. The present

book has been designed in such a way so as to promote the much-needed

skills, along with developing cultural awareness, dictionary skills, and promote reading of supplementary materials. The latest trends and practices in teaching all the four English language skills- adequate coverage of the syllabus, suitability of classroom strategies in the Telugu medium schools, extensive use of examples and lucid presentation- are some of the distinguishing features of this book. It also aims to discuss a wide range of pronunciation problems,

latest methods and classroom techniques of teaching and Assessment and Evaluation. We have adopted an eclectic approach, recognizing that the teaching of English must be principled without being dogmatic, and systematic without being inflexible. We have tried to show how the underlying principles of successful foreign language teaching can provide teachers in a wide range of English Language Teaching skills with a basic level of competence which can be a springboard for their subsequent professional development.

As educators, we all have the same goal: to help our student teachers make the maximum possible academic and practical gains in a positive, respectful environment that promotes their success and nurtures their desire to learn. One of the tools available to us in this pursuit is