Key Points
There is no denying the fact that English as a language of communication enjoys a pride of place in India owing basically to the multi-lingual demographic structure of the country..
It is no wonder, therefore, that English continues to be a mandatory component of the academic curriculum of educational institutions across campuses in India..
It is also seen as the language of upward mobility, and opportunity._)..
Dr Gautam Sarma, an academician and a former professor at Cotton University in Guwahati, reflecting on the situation, said, The basic problem associated with the use of English emanates from the inadequate teaching-learning methods of the language in the vernacular medium schools of most of the states...
He added that as English is not taught with the kind of importance it deserves but is merely taught as any other subject in the curriculum, learners continue to suffer from the fear and accompanying deficiency of using the language appropriately..
