Learn to Imagine and Learn to Speak

Pages:218-220
Milind M. Ahire (Department of English, Arts, Commerce and Science College Surgana, Nashik, Maharashtra)

Teaching of English at university level in rural area is strikingly different from English language teaching in urban or metropolitan setting. Curriculum and syllabus are being designed irrespective to the learning needs of the students. Need analysis is not always an essential part of syllabus and curriculum designing procedure. This , then results in the system which tries hard to make the target students swallow an uncooked piece of meat when he/she is in search of water to get some relief. Curriculum and syllabus remain same throughout the colleges under the head of a particular university and all the students at a particular level are almost thought of at same intellectual level irrespective of region, socio-economic status, etc. course content prescribed at university level for various courses in English is in most cases unfamiliar to the students. Moreover, teachers most of them, develop an attitude towards teaching which concentrates more or less on equipping the students to get the minimum number of marks. Here, the set aims and objectives, however ideal they may be, get defeated thus making the whole educational set up collapse.