Objectives of Teaching English Skills and Their Assessment in Indian Schools: A Study on the Divergence

Autor/inn/en	Qayoom, Nida; Saleem, Mohammad; Mansoor, Mozaffar
Titel	Objectives of Teaching English Skills and Their Assessment in Indian Schools: A Study on the Divergence
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 17 (2021) 2, S.755-766 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Qayoom, Nida) ORCID (Saleem, Mohammad) ORCID (Mansoor, Mozaffar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Second Language Learning; English (Second Language); Language Skills; Secondary Education; Language Tests; Teaching Methods; Educational Objectives; Boards of Education; Standards; Evaluation Criteria; Educational Policy; Policy Analysis; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz; Sekundarbereich; Language test; Sprachtest; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Ausschuss; Standard; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Indien
Abstract	Listening and speaking are active language skills and need special attention in English language pedagogy, especially in ESL/EFL contexts. English in India is taught as a second language in almost all the states, and the secondary education boards stipulate the teaching of all the four language skills as the objective of teaching English, yet the teaching and assessment system is only read-write intensive, and the active language skills, i.e., listening and speaking, are neglected in teaching as well as in assessment. The present paper is the result of a survey of the language teaching objectives, learning outcomes and assessment policies of two secondary education boards in India to investigate whether there exists any divergence between the stated objectives regarding teaching English language skills, and the testing pattern followed. The findings of the study suggest that there exists a divergence between the objectives stated by state level secondary education boards and their assessment patterns set for the English language. The study recommends that there should be a uniform standard of teaching and assessment of English in secondary schools in India, and there should be more research studies on the potential negative impact of the neglect of teaching and assessment of active language skills. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01