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- Title
The New English Curriculum - Perceptions of Teachers.
- Authors
Bharathi, A.
- Abstract
Introduction - If we strongly intend to raise the standards of students to international levels and reap the benefits of the time and on-going global changes, there lies the necessity to reform the English language curriculum. The government of Andhra Pradesh thus has introduced English for the first time for class I in 2011-12 and class II in 2012-13 in all Non-English medium schools. The text book for I, II & III classes at the primary level and VI and VII classes at the upper primary level have been changed for the academic year 2012-13. So, all classes from I to X have English as one of the subjects, irrespective of the medium of instruction. A common English text book was introduced from June 2012. Aim - The present study is an attempt to study how the lately revised English language curriculum of the VI and VII classes is being implemented by the teachers and to determine the factors that influence its implementation as perceived by the teachers. Methodology of Study - The investigators adopted the 'Survey Method,' for study about the English curriculum implementation in VI and VII classes on a random sample of 435 teachers of English in Government and private schools of both English and Telugu medium in Krishna District. Findings - A moderate 65% of teachers had good perceptions i.e. to an extent of 66% about the goals and objectives of English curriculum. And, out of all the variables under study, age, gender, type of school and the type of management made a significant difference on the perceptions of the teachers. A moderate 72% of teachers had good perceptions i.e. to an extent of 76% about the content of English curriculum. And, out of all the variables under study, location of the school, gender, educational qualification and type of management made a significant difference in the perceptions of the teachers about the content of English curriculum.
- Subjects
ENGLISH as a foreign language; CURRICULUM change; ENGLISH language in foreign countries; TEACHING methods; ENGLISH teachers
- Publication
Language in India, 2017, Vol 17, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article