The innovative instructor

Ratna Rao The teaching and learning process needs at least three domains – the teacher, the learner and the curriculum. This process can either be teacher-centred or learner-centred. Child-centred learning is not as easy as it is made out to Read More …

Keep it simple, silly!

Usha Raman This headline is a corrupted version of the popular rule – Keep it simple, stupid*. It is changed here because I did not want to run the risk of offending readers right from the first line! This is Read More …

Upholding – standards!

Dharani Kothandapani English is not foreign to most Indians. It is so common to hear English words interspersed with the local tongue so much so, that they do not seem like English words any more. They have become part of Read More …

Memories of my English Classes

Rajib Chandra Kotal I am a student of class X. I feel that we have not been taught English properly. Our English classes started from Class III. Our teacher used to write on the board and we used to read Read More …

If I were an English teacher…

Shruti Varadarajan If I were an English teacher, I’d ask my students to read the best storybooks of the day, such as Harry Potter, Percy Jackson or Agatha Christie. If I were an English teacher, I’d ask my students to Read More …

On learning English

Anindya Chanda Learning the English language is a boring task for many. Taking down pages and pages of dictated long answers, mugging up lists of meanings of words… students just don’t like it. However, this doesn’t always have to be Read More …

Confronting the grammar question

Aditi Mathur and Ratnesh Mathur Important note: This article is not about grammar. This article uses grammar to explore a bigger and deeper myth about learning. Do we need to learn grammar? Answering this question in the negative in a Read More …

Use of CCE in English classrooms

Lina Mukhopadhyay In the present age, we need to impart language education in a way that learners find it meaningful and beneficial. Learners will be convinced of the benefits if they are able to use the target language (here, English Read More …