Issues in Teaching : Learning Second and Foreign Languages (With Special Reference to North East India)

Contents Foreword Preface Introduction 1 Phonological study into the problems and remedies of learning English by Assamese learnersAtonu Kakoty 2 Teaching grammar in context moving away from grammar focused to task based instructionAwadesh K Mishra 3 Teaching a second or foreign language in the North-East psycholinguistic and cognitive issuesBidisha Som and Ramesh K Mishra 4 Linguistic imperialism and teacher education the need for a socially sensitive ESL PedagogyChanchala K Naik 5 Phonological differences between Manipuri and English problems faced by Manipuri learnersI Gambhir Singh and Mary Kim Haokip 6 Teaching Spanish as a foreign language in the North-East India a study of the problems faced by the studentsGin Muan Thang 7 La civilisation Francaise et L injureGulab Jha 8 Negotiating culture the tradition of translation of Russian literature in AssamKandarpa Das 9 Teaching English a perspectiveKirti Kapur 10 Importance of incorporating culture in English language teaching a few techniques of incorporationManoj Kumar Choudhury 11 Persian teaching learning in AssamMazhar Asif 12 Phonology of Shillong sign language ShSL and English language teachingMelissa G Wallang 13 Play drama in language teachingNamrata Pathak14 Selecting texts for the secondary level English language classroom what makes for a good English textPadmini Boruah Bhuyan 8 articles in arabi or FrenchThe present Volume contains twenty two articles and research papers written by language teachers scholars and language educators working in the area of teaching second and foreign languages These articles and papers address some of the important issues such as locally and culturally suitable material production teaching of pronunciation and spelling grammar and developing adequate learning skills with learner centric strategies translation incorporation of culture and literature in language teaching language education of the Deaf children as well as taking a critical look at teachers training with special reference to teaching and learning second and foreign languages in the North Eastern Region of India The articles and papers presented in this volume highlight some of the problems faced by the second and foreign language teachers and attempt to provide solutions to them This volume can serve as a very useful resource book for the secondforeign language teachers teacher educators people who are concerned with the preparation of courses and textbooks for secondforeign language learners and other stakeholders in the area of second foreign language education in general and in the North Eastern Region in particular jacket 288 pp.…