Teaching Of English Language To Uraban And Rural Students In Chandrapur And Gadchiroli District In Maharashtra
Mr. S. B. Urade
Assistant Professor in English,
Sardar Patel Mahavidyalaya, Chandrapur
Sanjayurade29@gmail.com
Abstract:
The students from Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts are from tribal, backward, minority and some other communities. So, there always prevails a bi-lingual, tri-lingual and multi-lingual atmosphere. Generally, the students from the primary up to the UG level have to use Marathi as their L1. It is also the widely circulated official language in all the Government offices and other formal domains. It is apparent that there is a strong tendency of the students to communicate in the local language inside and outside class. Even some teachers who are insiders there, use the local language like Hindi, Bengali, Telgu and Gondi Language in some situations while communicate with their students. Marathi for them is L2 and English occupies the status of L3 or L4 from the perspective of usability in daily life. Most of the families in the district depend on agriculture around the year, so the learners are from economically challenged background. Some private English medium schools have grown in the district these days but students’ enrolment is very minimal. From this, it can be inferred that most of the UG students are from Marathi, Hindi, Bengali, Telgu, and Gondi Language medium schooling background. They enter for higher education in the UG colleges with a poor command over the English language. Factors like illiteracy, lack of awareness, poor economic condition etc., on the part of the parents, play a crucial role in their possession of sufficient communicative competence in English. This Paper examines the stark reality of the students in the rural and urban areas of these districts while teaching and learning of English language and literature. The scope of the paper is limited to the study of English Language Teaching in Gondwana University’s Chandrapur and Gadchilori District.
Key Words:. Teaching, learning, Urban, Semi-urban, Rural
DOI link – https://doi.org/10.69758/GIMRJ/2503I3VXIIIP0004
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