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Research Paper | English Language and Literature | India | Volume 3 Issue 11, November 2014 | Popularity: 5.7 / 10
Ethnographic Study of the Classroom in Comparison with the Objectives of the Curriculum: With Reference to ELT in Karnataka
Dr. Sharanappagouda L Patil
Abstract: In the year 2007, the Government of Karnataka implemented the English as a second language from the first standard in Non - English Medium schools. My intention here is to draw upon my ethnographic fieldwork to make observations on what is happening inside the classrooms and to evaluate whether the teachers follow the procedure as stated in the resource books or not. If not I am interested in looking at what method or procedure they are following, and what impact these methods and procedures are having on the objectives envisioned at the introduction of the policy of teaching English as a language from the first standard. This article answers the main research question of the study, that is, to ascertain whether the teaching of English language at the first standard level is fulfilling ?the objective/s? for which it was introduced or not. For this reason, I have carried out an ethnographic study of the actual class room teaching in the non - English medium schools. It also serves some of the objectives of my study: The ethnographic observation of classroom proceedings (the response of the pupils to the teaching of English language) is primarily done to see whether the goals envisioned by the policy makers are achieved or not.
Keywords: Ethnographic, narration, resource books, activities books
Edition: Volume 3 Issue 11, November 2014
Pages: 3234 - 3236