Teaching English: Methodology · Chapter 1

Nature of Language, English as a Second Language and Problems of Teaching

What to remember

Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols used by human beings to communicate. It is learned, social and always changing.
In India, English is a second language (a link and library language) and is learned mostly in the classroom, with little exposure outside.
Main problems of teaching English are mother-tongue interference, lack of exposure, large classes, exam-centred teaching and weak teaching aids.

Nature and features of language

Language is the most important means of human communication. It is a system (sounds, words and sentences follow rules), it is made of symbols (a word stands for a thing but is not the thing), it is vocal (speech comes before writing), and it is human (only humans have full language). Language is social because it develops in a community. It is learned, not inherited: a child learns the language of the home. It is dynamic, since new words enter and old words fade.

Design features of language (listed by the linguist Charles Hockett)

Feature	Meaning	Example
Arbitrariness	No natural link between sound and meaning	"Dog" in English and "kukka" in Telugu name the same animal
Duality	Meaningless sounds combine into meaningful units	Sounds /k/, /æ/, /t/ make "cat"
Productivity (creativity)	Endless new sentences can be made	Never-heard sentences are understood
Displacement	We talk about the past, future and distant things	"Yesterday I visited my village"
Cultural transmission	Language is passed on by teaching and learning	A child picks up the home language
Discreteness	Sounds are separate, distinct units	/p/ and /b/ are different

Skills. Language has four skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing (LSRW). Listening and reading are receptive skills. Speaking and writing are productive skills. The natural order of learning is to listen first, then speak, then read, then write.

Functions of language. Language is used to inform, to ask, to command, to express feeling, to persuade and to keep social links. M. A. K. Halliday described seven functions in a child's early language: instrumental, regulatory, interactional, personal, heuristic, imaginative and representational.

How language is acquired: main theories

Theory	Thinker	Main idea
Behaviourist	B. F. Skinner	Language is learned by imitation, repetition and reinforcement (habit formation)
Innatist (Nativist)	Noam Chomsky	Children are born with a language acquisition device (LAD) and a universal grammar
Cognitive	Jean Piaget	Language develops with thinking; ideas come before words
Social interactionist	Lev Vygotsky	Language grows through social talk; learning happens in the zone of proximal development (ZPD)
Monitor model	Stephen Krashen	Acquisition is different from learning; input must be understandable

Krashen's five hypotheses: acquisition-learning, monitor, natural order, input (i + 1) and affective filter. The input hypothesis says learners gain most from input slightly above their present level (i + 1). The affective filter is a block caused by fear or low motivation that stops learning.

Mother tongue, second language and foreign language

Mother tongue (L1) is the first language, acquired naturally in childhood. For many pupils in Andhra Pradesh it is Telugu.
Second language (L2) is a language learned after the first and used in the country for wider purposes, such as education, administration and law. English in India is a second language.
Foreign language is a language not used in daily life of the community, such as French in India (ESL versus EFL: English as a second language versus English as a foreign language).
Acquisition is natural, unconscious picking up of language through use. Learning is conscious study of rules in class. A good classroom provides both.
Bilingualism is the ability to use two languages. Multilingualism is the use of several languages, a strong feature of India.

English in India: status and policy

English came to India with the East India Company and became important through Macaulay's Minute (1835) and Wood's Despatch (1854). Today English is a language of higher education, law, trade, technology and links across states. It is called a link language and window on the world.

The Three-Language Formula (accepted in policy in 1968 after the Kothari Commission) suggested the mother tongue or regional language, Hindi or another Indian language, and English.
The National Curriculum Framework 2005 stressed the child's home language and said that English must be taught well along with Indian languages.
The Right to Education Act 2009 requires, as far as practicable, that the medium of instruction be the child's mother tongue.
The National Education Policy 2020 supports the mother tongue or home language as a medium in the early years and a multilingual approach.

Objectives of teaching English at school

At school level the objectives are: to help pupils understand spoken English; to speak with reasonable clarity; to read with understanding and enjoyment; to write correctly and meaningfully; to build vocabulary and basic grammar; to use English for study and for communication; and to develop a love for reading. The emphasis is on communication, not only on grammar rules.

Problems of teaching English

1. Lack of exposure. Pupils meet English only in the English period. At home and in the village, Telugu is used.
2. Mother-tongue interference. Habits of Telugu affect English. This is called negative transfer. When the habits of L1 help L2, it is positive transfer.
3. Sound system differences. Telugu has no /θ/ and /ð/ sounds, so "think" may sound like "tink". Learners may mix /v/ and /w/. They add a vowel before consonant clusters (saying "ischool" for "school").
4. Grammar differences. Telugu word order is Subject-Object-Verb, while English is Subject-Verb-Object. Telugu has no articles and uses postpositions where English uses prepositions. Learners drop "a" and "the" or misplace the verb.
5. Spelling and sound do not match. Pupils used to the phonetic spelling of Telugu find English spelling hard.
6. Large and mixed classes. Pupils of different ability are in one class, so individual attention is difficult.
7. Exam-centred teaching. Teaching aims at marks and rote learning, not at listening and speaking.
8. Over-use of the Grammar-Translation Method and the mother tongue in class.
9. Shortage of teaching aids, audio-visual material and language laboratories.
10. Weak motivation and fear of mistakes. Many pupils feel shy and stay silent.
11. Inadequate teacher training and lack of good spoken English among some teachers.
12. Lack of reading material and libraries.

Error analysis and related terms

Term	Meaning
Contrastive analysis	Comparison of L1 and L2 to predict difficulty (Robert Lado)
Error analysis	Study of the actual errors learners make (S. P. Corder)
Interlanguage	The learner's own developing version of the language (Larry Selinker)
Fossilisation	Errors become permanent habits
Interference	Effect of L1 on L2

Suggested remedies

Give more listening and speaking practice. Use stories, songs, rhymes, role play and games. Use the mother tongue sparingly as a bridge. Encourage reading through a class library. Teach grammar in context. Use simple aids such as pictures, charts and radio or audio clips. Create an English-friendly classroom with print on the walls. Praise effort and make mistakes safe. Test all four skills, not writing alone.

Exam traps

1. Listening and reading are receptive; speaking and writing are productive.
2. Skinner is behaviourist; Chomsky is innatist; Vygotsky is social; Piaget is cognitive.
3. The affective filter belongs to Krashen, not Chomsky.
4. Contrastive analysis predicts errors; error analysis studies actual errors.
5. Positive transfer helps learning; negative transfer is interference.
6. In India English is a second language, not a foreign language.
7. Telugu word order is SOV; English is SVO.
8. Acquisition is natural; learning is conscious.

One-liners

1. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols.
2. Hockett described the design features of language.
3. Arbitrariness means no natural link between a word and its meaning.
4. Duality means sounds combine to make meaningful units.
5. LSRW stands for Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing.
6. Chomsky proposed the language acquisition device.
7. Vygotsky proposed the zone of proximal development.
8. Krashen's i + 1 means input slightly above the learner's level.
9. Macaulay's Minute is dated 1835.
10. Wood's Despatch is dated 1854.
11. The Three-Language Formula includes English.
12. Fossilisation means errors that become permanent.

Practice questions

The design features of human language were listed by
1. Noam Chomsky
2. Lev Vygotsky
3. Charles Hockett
4. B. F. Skinner
Answer
C. Charles Hockett
Hockett described the design features of language.
The feature of language by which there is no natural link between a word and its meaning is
1. productivity
2. displacement
3. duality
4. arbitrariness
Answer
D. arbitrariness
Arbitrariness means the link between sound and meaning is by convention.
The ability to talk about past events, future plans and distant things is called
1. discreteness
2. displacement
3. arbitrariness
4. cultural transmission
Answer
B. displacement
Displacement lets speakers go beyond the here and now.
The feature by which a small set of sounds combines to make many meaningful words is
1. duality
2. arbitrariness
3. vocal nature
4. displacement
Answer
A. duality
Duality means two layers: sounds and meaningful units.
The ability to produce and understand new sentences never heard before is
1. interference
2. productivity
3. fossilisation
4. displacement
Answer
B. productivity
Productivity (creativity) is endless new sentence making.
Listening and reading are called
1. receptive skills
2. motor skills
3. productive skills
4. creative skills
Answer
A. receptive skills
In these skills the learner receives language.
Speaking and writing are called
1. passive skills
2. receptive skills
3. reflex skills
4. productive skills
Answer
D. productive skills
In these skills the learner produces language.
The natural order of learning language skills is
1. reading, writing, listening, speaking
2. writing, reading, speaking, listening
3. listening, speaking, reading, writing
4. speaking, writing, listening, reading
Answer
C. listening, speaking, reading, writing
The child listens first, then speaks, then reads and writes.
The behaviourist view that language is learned by imitation and reinforcement is associated with
1. Lev Vygotsky
2. Noam Chomsky
3. B. F. Skinner
4. Jean Piaget
Answer
C. B. F. Skinner
Skinner explained language as habit formation.
The idea of a language acquisition device (LAD) was given by
1. Robert Lado
2. Noam Chomsky
3. Stephen Krashen
4. B. F. Skinner
Answer
B. Noam Chomsky
Chomsky argued that children are born with an innate capacity for language.
The zone of proximal development (ZPD) was proposed by
1. Noam Chomsky
2. B. F. Skinner
3. Jean Piaget
4. Lev Vygotsky
Answer
D. Lev Vygotsky
Vygotsky stressed social interaction in learning.
The input hypothesis 'i + 1' is associated with
1. Stephen Krashen
2. Noam Chomsky
3. S. P. Corder
4. Larry Selinker
Answer
A. Stephen Krashen
Krashen said learners gain from input slightly above their level.
The 'affective filter' is a block to learning caused by
1. too much input
2. a large vocabulary
3. fear, anxiety or low motivation
4. good teaching
Answer
C. fear, anxiety or low motivation
Emotional factors raise the filter and reduce learning.
The term 'interlanguage', for a learner's own developing version of the target language, was given by
1. Larry Selinker
2. Lev Vygotsky
3. Robert Lado
4. Charles Hockett
Answer
A. Larry Selinker
Selinker introduced the concept of interlanguage.
Comparing the mother tongue with the target language to predict difficulty is called
1. error analysis
2. fossilisation
3. interlanguage
4. contrastive analysis
Answer
D. contrastive analysis
Contrastive analysis was developed by Robert Lado.
The study of the actual errors that learners make is called
1. phonetics
2. error analysis
3. dictionary use
4. contrastive analysis
Answer
B. error analysis
Error analysis was developed by S. P. Corder.
Errors that have become permanent habits are said to be
1. acquired
2. transferred
3. contrasted
4. fossilised
Answer
D. fossilised
Fossilisation is the permanent stay of errors.
The effect of the mother tongue on learning a second language is called
1. motivation
2. inference
3. interference
4. fluency
Answer
C. interference
Interference is also called negative transfer when it causes errors.
When the habits of the first language help in learning the second language, it is called
1. positive transfer
2. fossilisation
3. interference
4. negative transfer
Answer
A. positive transfer
Positive transfer helps learning.
In India, English is generally treated as a
1. foreign language only
2. classical language
3. mother tongue for all
4. second language
Answer
D. second language
English is used for wider purposes inside the country.
The year of Macaulay's Minute on Indian education is
1. 1854
2. 1835
3. 1948
4. 1882
Answer
B. 1835
Macaulay's Minute is dated 1835.
Wood's Despatch on education was issued in
1. 1835
2. 1813
3. 1854
4. 1904
Answer
C. 1854
Wood's Despatch is dated 1854.
The Three-Language Formula includes the mother tongue or regional language, another Indian language and
1. English
2. French
3. Sanskrit only
4. Persian
Answer
A. English
English is the third element of the formula.
Telugu word order is
1. Subject-Verb-Object
2. Subject-Object-Verb
3. Verb-Subject-Object
4. Object-Verb-Subject
Answer
B. Subject-Object-Verb
Telugu is an SOV language; English is SVO.
A Telugu-speaking pupil says 'ischool' for 'school'. This problem is mainly due to
1. wrong spelling in the book
2. lack of a textbook
3. poor eyesight
4. adding a vowel before a consonant cluster
Answer
D. adding a vowel before a consonant cluster
Telugu does not begin words with such clusters, so a vowel is added.
Which is a main problem in teaching English to rural pupils?
1. too many English radio hours
2. lack of exposure outside the classroom
3. too much English at home
4. too many English books
Answer
B. lack of exposure outside the classroom
Pupils meet English mostly in the English period.
The natural, unconscious picking up of a language is called
1. learning
2. dictation
3. acquisition
4. translation
Answer
C. acquisition
Acquisition is subconscious; learning is conscious study.
The conscious study of rules of a language in a class is called
1. learning
2. acquisition
3. interference
4. transfer
Answer
A. learning
Learning is conscious, as opposed to natural acquisition.
The Right to Education Act 2009 states that, as far as practicable, the medium of instruction should be the child's
1. second language
2. mother tongue
3. foreign language
4. classical language
Answer
B. mother tongue
The Act gives importance to the mother tongue.
A teacher uses stories, songs, rhymes and role play in an English class mainly to
1. test grammar rules
2. punish pupils
3. give more listening and speaking practice
4. stop pupils from talking
Answer
C. give more listening and speaking practice
These activities create real use of English.
A pupil from Telugu medium often drops 'a' and 'the' while writing English. The likely reason is that
1. Telugu has no articles
2. English has no articles
3. the pupil is careless only
4. the pupil dislikes grammar
Answer
A. Telugu has no articles
The absence of articles in Telugu affects English use.
Telugu pronunciation of 'think' as 'tink' shows that Telugu lacks the sound
1. /k/
2. /n/
3. /t/
4. /θ/
Answer
D. /θ/
Telugu has no dental fricative /θ/.
A teacher uses the mother tongue only to explain a few hard ideas and then returns to English. This is
1. using the mother tongue as a bridge
2. Grammar-Translation Method only
3. a wrong practice always
4. interference
Answer
A. using the mother tongue as a bridge
Sparing use of L1 supports learning.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Language is a system of arbitrary vocal symbols. 2. Language is inherited from parents through genes.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
A. 1 only
Language is learned, not inherited.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Chomsky believed in an innate capacity for language. 2. Skinner believed in an innate capacity for language.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
A. 1 only
Skinner was a behaviourist.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Acquisition is natural and unconscious. 2. Learning is conscious study of rules.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
C. Both 1 and 2
Both are correct.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. English in India is a foreign language in the same sense as French. 2. English in India is a second language used for wider purposes.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
B. 2 only
English is widely used in education and administration, so it is a second language.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Contrastive analysis compares the mother tongue with the target language. 2. Error analysis studies the actual errors made by learners.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
C. Both 1 and 2
Both are correct.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Large classes make individual attention difficult. 2. Over-use of the mother tongue helps pupils learn English faster.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
A. 1 only
Over-use of the mother tongue reduces exposure to English.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Listening and speaking are receptive skills. 2. Reading and writing are productive skills.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
D. Neither 1 nor 2
Listening and reading are receptive; speaking and writing are productive.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Telugu has postpositions while English has prepositions. 2. Telugu and English have the same word order.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
A. 1 only
Telugu is SOV; English is SVO.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Vygotsky stressed the role of social interaction. 2. Piaget saw language development as linked to thinking.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
C. Both 1 and 2
Both are correct.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. The affective filter is a concept of Krashen. 2. Krashen's input hypothesis suggests that learners need input slightly above their level.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
C. Both 1 and 2
Both are correct.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Exam-centred teaching can neglect listening and speaking. 2. Rote learning is the best way to build speaking skill.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
A. 1 only
Speaking needs practice, not rote memorising.
Which of the statements is/are correct? 1. Cultural transmission means language is passed on by teaching and learning. 2. Displacement means that a language has no rules.
1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2
Answer
A. 1 only
Displacement means talking about things not present.

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