Enhancing the Communication Skills of Urban a...

Enhancing the Communication Skills of Urban and Rural Students through the English Language Skills

Author Name : Nalli Raju

ABSTRACT

Language learning is a skill that can be perfected only through constant practice and continuous exposure to the target language, the available resources should be completely tapped so as to provide an encouraging atmosphere for learning and practicing the language. The justification of learning any language is to communicate effectively and no communication is possible if one doesn’t get a chance to communicate. It is natural that the demand for communication is high in this ever-changing world. Language plays a key role in communication and English is no doubt the foremost and most important tool of communication all over the world. Students in India are exposed to their language studies right from their primary level. English is taught only as a second language in India and there is a great difference between the city-bred students and the rural students in adapting to English language. The city-bred students are exposed to a lot of methods of learning English with ample facilities and special training in colleges to improve their Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing skills which are the basic skills for learning any language whereas rural students have only limited exposure to learn English.

Language learning is a skill that can be perfected only through constant practice and continuous exposure to the target language, the available resources should be completely tapped so as to provide an encouraging atmosphere for learning and practicing the language. The present paper deals with the effective methods which can be employed in teaching English to the rural students for their enhancement.

Key Words: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing