Teaching of English : The Bilingual Context
A book by Dr Intakhab Alam Khan
Price: US$ 4.40
Bookseller: Vedams eBooks (P) Ltd (India)
Academic Excellence Pub. Delhi,India
Contents
Preface,
1. The English teacher,
2. Factors affecting the learning of English as a second language,
3. A study of factors associated with the teaching of English in health colleges the
Saudi Arabian context,
4. Difficulties in the teaching of English vocabulary the bilingual context,
5. Importance of meaning and difficulties in teaching the bilingual context,
6. Importance of dictation linguistic and pedagogic viewpoint,
7. Testing of English- diagnostic approach,
8. Strategies for the teaching English as a second language in India,
9. Bilingualism and English teaching,
10. Bilingual competence and creative writing the Indian context.
Appendix
Summary: The book Teaching of English is an attempt to help the teachers and
learners of English as a second language. It will be of great help to the researchers of
ELT who wish to investigate into problems issues and techniques of teaching English
in a purely bilingual context. This book includes chapters on teacher of English
difficulties in English factors associated testing of English bilingualism and finally
strategies of teaching English. In sum almost all important sub areas of English have
been covered in order to facilitate the people concerned with ESL and ELT
particularly in the area of pedagogy. The book is an effort to provide a platform from
where a researcher will surely go ahead in order to explore the possibilities of
evolution of some appropriate teaching strategies corresponding to different aspects of
English language. The book contains certain articles that fall under the Saudi Arabian
context however these are equally pertinent in India classroom situation. It is expected
that the book is going to facilitate the target groups and fulfill the linguistic and
pedagogic aims.