Use of Radio for Teaching Learning of English to the Hajong speakers of Assam
Journal Title: Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences - Year 2014, Vol 2, Issue 4
Abstract
Radio is an important resource of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) which can be used as an attractive teaching-learning Material (TLM) to the students of second language. English being a second language for the Hajong speakers of Assam, we may use radio as an audio aid to make learning interesting and effective as well as to relieve the learners from the monotony of using the traditional TLMs like blackboard, chalk etc. Hajong is a tribe who live in the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and West Bengal in India as well as in some districts of Bangladesh. In Assam, they are living in different districts namely Nagaon, Dhemaji, North Lakhimpur, Goalpara and Sonitpur. The Hajong students of Assam learn English as a second language. This paper is an attempt to examine the problems of English teaching-learning to the Hajong speakers of Assam and the status of ELLT within as well as outside academic context. The paper also makes some suggestions to overcome them. The problems as investigated clearly indicate the need to improve the condition of English teaching to the Hajong speakers since English plays a vital role in the overall progress of a community. In this regard, radio as a TLM would surely prove better and make the teaching learning process creative as well as effective and would solve the problems if properly applied by trained teachers. The reason for choosing radio is that it is easily accessible even in remote rural areas where the majority numbers of Hajong people of Assam live. Again, it can be used within as well as outside academic sphere and therefore, its use would facilitate not only the regular students but also the school dropouts, adults and even uneducated ones eager to learn English. The Hajongs of Assam are a socio-economically backward tribe. Their literacy rate is very low. The problems of teaching-learning of English as investigated require solution and therefore, this paper examines the use of radio as a measure which surely would help to overcome the same. Keywords: ELLT; Hajongs of Assam; Context; Radio; Methods and Trained Teachers.
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Alkafil Choudhury GM
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