Problems vs. Solutions for English Learning at YUC

Teaching English as a Foreign Language is itself a difficult task here at Y.U.C. In my experience, the students of non-speaking English countries in Europe and also the Sub-Continent are learning English from their own culture. At Y.U.C. the Prep Year books are from Western Cultures which becomes a barrier for students to learn English.

Problems:

1. The language barrier.

2. The seclusion of the environment for female students.

3. The Interchange books are not understandable and grammar rules based.

4. Students cannot relate to different units in the Interchange books because most of the students have not been away from home or travelled abroad.

5. The write up is not proper English but it is American slang.

6. When the students cannot even write simple words without making mistakes, how do you expect them to write sentences or paragraphs and also be able to speak good English by the end of the course?

Solutions:

To solve these problems we need to concentrate on what are the best solutions from which the students can benefit almost 100%.

When new students take their Entry Test and are put into sections, they need to have a short course in basic simple rules of English Grammar, in which they can learn what a subject is, what is an object, verbs, adverbs, tenses, adjectives, nouns, pronouns, predicates etc. etc..... Only then they can understand what the units are telling them and what the teachers are asking them to do.

When we say ''Students should always come first,'' then we should all make the efforts to revise the teaching material and try to find such material that is in the best interest of the students. No matter how good your Methodology is or how brilliant a teacher you are, if the basic structure (the books) are not upto the capability standard of the students, then only a few students will reap the rewards while the rest will dwindle away without tasting the fruits of learning.