MYTH 5 – Concerning the Teaching of English in India

Myth No. 5: The importance of the Text or Reader

Hills’ Comment:     For most teachers, examiners and educational officials, ‘The Text’ is holy . . . going through to text . . . does not in fact teach English.

CONTD…

S. Velayudhan
Former Director, RIESI, Bengaluru
was Head of the Department of English,
University of Calicut, Kerala

Courtesy: Perspectives on English Language Teaching by J. M. Ure and S. Velayudhan

Collected by: P. K. Jayaraj and R. Gangadhar, RIESI, Bengaluru