English as a Second Language: Experience into Essays

Teaching is a very subtle process. No innovation, theory or technique can be effective unless it has been gradually tried out and repeatedly proved. Moreover, most teachers tend to accept what they feel intuitively certain about, even if they are not trained or exposed to various theories and methodologies. The articles in the book should interest them most. Some of these articles are stimulating and helpful in relating to some broader educational principles as well as future classroom practices. These should help postgraduate students, researchers, teacher-trainers, and ELT professionals reflect with a sense of history on relevant ELT ideas and techniques for teaching to develop language abilities in a fast changing scenario. The book should also interest English language teachers in professional institutions with limited access to quality teaching ideas rooted in the realities of classroom situations. It provides a feel of: what has been going on in classrooms around the world, teaching of reading and writing skills which could also generate oral proficiency; teaching English for specific purposes, especially business English and technical English, and communicative testing. The objective is to move forward with a reasoned perspective.