Present Scenario of ELT in Technical Institutions: A Status Study of Engineering Colleges in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

Abstract

As far as India is concerned, imparting knowledge of English in India has always been a degrading task, because of the diverse nature of the social and cultural values. Moreover, individual commitment of the learners in acquiring the English language skills is widely lacking, as they lose their flexibility in both body and mind at the age of or early twenties at the time of joining colleges. These learners are distracted in so many ways which drag them away from academics. They don’t remained focused and prepare for exams only at the eleventh hour; as a result, they don’t learn anything worthy, apart from getting some aggregates and certificates. These young learners, when they switch over from schools to colleges, they continue the same style of learning. In schools, the contents are memorized and repeated in the examinations, whereas after coming to colleges, they should at least try to change their learning style. But, this is not happening since even in colleges, the English language is taught as a subject. This also de-motivates the students and develops disliking towards learning. This is the reason that the professionals are still lagging behind in accurate speaking and writing. In order to prove the above point, the present paper is an attempt to compare the curriculum and pedagogy followed in two different state of India i.e. Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. This present study will also make the recommendations to overcome the same.