THEMEDIUM OF INSTRUCTIONIS THE

LANGUAGE USED BY THE TEACHER

TO TEACH. TEACHING THE
LANGUAGE, OR EDUCATIONAL
CONTENT, THROUGH THE TARGET
LANGUAGE INCREASES THE AMOUNT
OF EXPOSURE THE LEARNER GETS TO
IT, AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY
HAVE TO COMMUNICATE IN IT, AND
THEREFORE TO DEVELOP THEIR
CONTROL OF IT.
 Tamil&English- are Common Medium
Languages. Most private schools medium of
instruction is English while the government run
schools are primarily Tamil medium.

TheKendriya Vidyalaya's run by the central

government have a dual medium of instruction -
English and Hindi.
A STUDY ON TEACHING OF
ENGLISH IN GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS REVEALS THAT:
TEACHERS WERE SEEN TO RESORT TO REGIONAL/ LOCAL LANGUAGES TO
FACILITATE CHILDS LEARNING.

THE TEACHERS EFFORT TO DEVELOP SKILLS OF LISTENING AND SPEAKING

WAS NOT THERE. EMPHASIS WAS MORE ON DEVELOPING READING AND
WRITING SKILLS.

THE TEACHERS DO NOT MOVE BEYOND THE TEXTBOOKS- TEXTBOOK TRAP

STUDENTS COPY THE TEXT WRITTEN BY TEACHERS ON THE BLACKBOARD.

poems were being taught line by line or word by
word and not for appreciating the content.

Teachers taught grammar by making students

memorize the rules and. work on exercises.

Participation of students in the learning process was

less.

Most of the teachers gave and checked homework.

Technique in language teaching was not employed in

an effective manner.

Mostly,the teacher asked the questions, students

were not motivated to ask question, this deprives the
students of practice for communication, command
and confidence.
THE IMPORTANCE OF
ENGLISH IN AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDUCATION
BRILLIANT TIME TO LEARN A SECOND
LANGUAGE.

6-13 YEARS OF AGE IS THE RIGHT AGE.

CHILDREN HAVE A GOOD BRAIN CONDITION

TO RECEIVE SOMETHING NEW

ENGLISH IS NOT STRANGE ANYMORE TO

THEM BECAUSE THEY GOT TO LEARN
ENGLISH LESSONS IN THEIR ELEMENTARY
SCHOOL.

PREPARATION TO FACE THE GLOBALIZATION

ERA.

ENGLISH HAS BECOME A CRUCIAL TOOL

FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION,
EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL STATUS.
SIGNIFICANCE OF
ENGLISH AS THE
MEDIUM OF
INSTRUCTION AT
GOVERNMENT
SCHOOLS IN
TAMILNADU.
NEW ENGLISH-MEDIUM SECTIONS IN
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PATRONISED WELL
THE HINDU

THE GOVERNMENTS DECISION TO START

ENGLISH MEDIUM SECTIONS CAME IN THE WAKE
OF THE PARENTS PREFERRING PRIVATE
SCHOOLS.

ENGLISH MEDIUM IN GOVT. SCHOOLS ATTRACTS

STUDENTS- THE HINDU

THREAT AND CLOSURE OF GOVERNMENT

SCHOOLS, LEAD THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
TO LAUNCH THE BADI BATAPROGRAMME.

INTRODUCTION OF ENGLISH MEDIUM

EDUCATION, FREE DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS,
UNIFORMS, MID-DAY MEALS AND ALSO QUALITY
EDUCATION.
"MOST PARENTS PREFER TO SEND
THEIR CHILDREN TO THE ENGLISH
MEDIUM SCHOOL. THE DIP IN
ADMISSIONS TO TAMIL MEDIUM
SCHOOLS PROVES THIS. WE ARE ALSO
CONSIDERING STARTING SEMI-
ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOLS. WE ALSO
NEED THE TEACHERS TO HAVE GOOD
COMMAND OVER THE LANGUAGE,"
45,000 teachers from government primary and upper primary
schools will be trained in English language by the new flock of
Block Resource Teacher Educators (BRTE) in the third
consecutive year of the Tamil Nadu Teacher Education and
Development Project programme which is being conducted by
the Tamil Nadu Sarva Siksha Abhiyan with an aim to improve
English language proficiency among teachers in the state
ROLE OF ENGLISH IN
TEACHING SCIENCE &
MATH.
LANGUAGE THAT INCLUDES
DISTINCT TERMINOLOGY, SYNTAX,
AND IVNWREL SYMBOLS.

IT USES SOME WORDS (FOR

EXAMPLE, ROOT, OR SET)
DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY ARE
USED IN STANDARD,
CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH.

IT ALSO PHRASES PROBLEMS

AND SOLUTIONS IN A CONTENT
SPECIFIC WAY THAT CAN BE
CONFUSING FOR STUDENTS
LEARNING ENGLISH.
TEACHERS SHOULD:
PROVIDE EXPLICIT
INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO
READ AND USE
MATHEMATICAL TERMS,
SYNTAX, AND SYMBOLS

USE CONCRETE
MATERIALS, WHICH HELP
DEVELOP MATHEMATICAL
UNDERSTANDING WHEN
LINKED TO THE CONCEPTS
THEY REPRESENT
IF THE TEACHER EXPLAINS THE PARTS OF THE
FLOWER IN ENGLISH, USING PROPER ENGLISH
SENTENCES, THE STUDENTS WILL LEARN SCIENCE
ALONG WITH THE LANGUAGE [ LANGUAGE OF THE
CONTENT] ENGLISH.

THIS ALSO HELPS THE STUDENTS TO RELATE

THEMSELVES TO THE CONTENT/CONCEPT BETTER.

IF THE MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IS NOT USED

APPROPRIATELY, THE STUDENTS WILL FIND IT
DIFFICULT TO USE ENGLISH IN THEIR FUTURE.