AUTO-LEARNING STRATEGIES TO TAME THE KILLER LANGUAGE

The English language has gained the status of a modern living world language. It is hailed as the multi-billion dollars language and the language of the Nobel-laureates. The Information Technology boom has made it a mighty generator of millions of job opportunities. Foreign jobs are now available in India itself. Nevertheless, English remains a killer language in India, and the teaching and learning of it has not gained momentum to meet the demand made by the MNCs. The great problem here is to bring world class quality in teaching and learning of it

Indian students are not industry-ready and employable due to their poor communication skills. Today Spoken English and fluency in English are absolutely necessary for professional and academic growth. Auto learning strategies will help the students to improve their fluency in English. Fluency of any foreign language depends on the following linguistic skills. 1.Phonology 2.Morphology 3.Syntax.and 4.Semantics

The first problem making English a killer language is the teaching of it like a subject neglecting the linguistic inputs. The second problem is the overemphasis on the skills of reading and writing ignoring the basic skills of listening and speaking. The third problem is not using the electronic gadgets and language laboratories properly in the teaching and learning of English. The fourth problem is the lack of native speaker’s model and the mother tongue influence. The fifth problem is not teaching the auto learning strategies to the students

These are a few of the problems besetting the present English Education system in India. There should be a paradigm shift in the teaching and learning of it.