Daijiworld World Media Network – Mangalore (KM/AF)
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Mangalore, Jan 30: English Language Teaching (ELT) is not getting the attention it deserves. On the one hand universities are producing a large number of post graduates in English literature with traditional papers while on the other hand universities are failing to meet the demand for more communicative English teachers, lamented Prof Kishori Nayak, chairperson of the department of English, Mangalore University.

She was delivering the inaugural address at the one-day workshop on written communication hosted by city's St Aloysius College (SAC) in association with Cambridge University Press at the college auditorium on Wednesday January 30.

Reiterating the need for teaching writing skills in classrooms, Nayak added that at all levels of teaching, such as schools and colleges, compositions and guided compositions must be stressed to guide students in the right way. She lamented that sentences are taught in class rooms without explaining the mechanism of languages or sentences.

SAC principal Swebert D'Silva presided over the workshop and Geeta Nagaraj, an ELT expert, was present as the resource person for the day.

Prof A Lourdusamy, head of the department of English and other faculty members of the college were present on the occasion.