ELT- The role of English in India

In the first Unit "The Role of English in India", there is five Essay of English Language.

1. Teaching of English for Science and Technology by R. S. Sharma
2. Teaching English as 'Second Language' in India By Kapil Kapoor
3. Socio-Cultural Dimensions of English as a Second language by Rekha Aslam
4. Teaching English as a second language in Indian focus on objectives by Shivendra K. Verma
5. The teaching of English: A plea for practical Attitude by R. K. Singh

 In all the Essay we can find some important point as well as Drawbacks. As we know that every coin has two sides the same way in all the essay we can find positive as well as some negative aspects.

1. what is the English Language For You?

• As we know that language is a system of Communication. The particular country uses a particular language. Like in India we all are using our Mother language Gujarati. Same way every nation has their own Mother language but every language has its own subdivision. The English language is considered a universal language because it is the most spoken language. Like if you have not idea about any other language then you can use the English language. For me, the English language is a way to commute with other countries. We can learn other languages as well but the English language is easy to learn because there are many people who are using this particular language. So that you can communicate with them and improve your language. People also believe that if you have the best command on the English language then it is easy to build your future or more opportunity for you.

2. what kind of challenges you are facing and have faced while learning this language?

As we know that to learn new things we have to work hard or we have to give the time. Apart from that when you are trying to do this you may face many problems while learning the particular language. If you are familiar with your language then you can not find trouble for using that but if you are using the language which is new for you then you may think and then speak. As we believe that,

    "Think before you speak anything"

English is the best language but learning a second language is very difficult. If you are learning English in a foreign country then you may face many problems to understand but if you are living there then it is easy to learn because you have that Atmosphere. We are facing problems because we don't have that kind of atmosphere at our university or county. We have many problems in our life but some challenges are important for you and we are facing problems but believing our self is best to learn new things.

             
3. write in brief you understanding about anyone essay.

Teaching English as 'Second Language' in India By Kapil Kapoor is a very interesting essay. He started from history of the English language. In this easy I found two interesting points like

# Power = Knowledge
# Eliot class = Lower class

Power and knowledge theory by Michael Foucault is a very interesting theory. In this theory, we can see how power creates knowledge. Foreign language is the third language because first is our mother language then the second language is after one or more Indian Language which is primary and more significantly. It is true that the ruling class demanded English. Other Important points like conceptual structure,

1. Modernization
2. Mythology
3. Language policy

So when we are thinking about something, we always think in our mother language, not in other languages.

4. According to you which position the English Language should be given?

English is good language and may be easy to learn because there are other languages but I find that most of the people are using the English language rather than any other language. You can not speak like American people but you can understand the language or you can get an idea about what they are trying to say. Mother language is an important language but second language which we have to learn is the English language. So after Mother language, I will give the more important to the English language.

5. How you see your future with the English Language?

If you have the best command of the English language then it will help you a lot because nowadays the English language is very important. You may find more opportunities if you have knowledge about this language.  As we know that the Indian government has not taken the English language as a national speaking language but still English language is used in every part of official work in the Indian government. Another important point is that we can see that half of the world is using the English language as their national language. In technology using technology also we can find one common language which is the English language. No doubt we can find other options but Most of the people use the English language. So I can say that the English language is the best language to build your future.

Thank you