Teaching English Language Skills for School Teachers: CTE Programme of IGNOU
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Australian International Academic Centre PTY. LTD.
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India is a multilingual country. English is the second most important language in the country
after the national language Hindi since it is taught as a compulsory subject in all the Indian
schools. In the educational system of a multilingual country, it becomes imperative to
improve the English Language teaching skills of the school teachers who come from various
linguistic backgrounds. The school teacher plays a vital role in the development of linguistic
skills of the students. What children learn can affect their later success or failure in school,
work, and their personal lives. As such, the school teachers need to improve their own
English language skills if they are teaching without any previous English language training.
This paper throws light on the communicative approach of English language teaching. It
introduces the Certificate in Teaching of English (CTE) programme of the Indira Gandhi
National Open University (IGNOU) and outlines the syllabus and the methods used by the
university to impart English Language Teaching skills to the elementary/secondary school teachers through this programme with the Objective to enhance the teachers' understanding of the learners and their learning process.
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English Language - Study and Teaching