Name: Vinod Pal Course: Ph. D. (English Language Education) Area: English Language Teaching.

Tentative Topic: A comparative study of state run primary schools and private schools in terms of teachers proficiency in English language teaching in the state of Uttar Pradesh(reframe your title) A Comparative study of English language proficiency of the teachers of English in Private and Primary Schools in Uttar Pradesh Introduction It is an accepted phenomenon that English is one of the most powerful languages worldwide. It is believed that knowledge of English is sort of power, which increases the learners abilities/opportunities by giving them access to better jobs or levels of political power (Mercer & Swann, 1996: 271). It is getting increasingly important due to the fact that English has established itself as a language of Global Communication. It has the largest number of nonnative users/speakers are spread all over the world. In this situation the teaching and learning of English, the complete Pedagogical Paradigm is also changing. There is need to have a new Methodology which is functional and learners' oriented. In spite of a large number of textbooks and other learning materials being produced for various kinds of programs and for different levels, there are only a few studies which focus on the learners' competence and the process of learning. (What kind of new methodology of teaching are you talking about?) In India, most of the state governments have already introduced English as a language in their primary education. (Not all the stats of India have introduced English at Primary level.) They were compelled to introduce it due to the increasing demand for English both as a language and as a medium driven by the instrumental motivation. The diverse English language education system in the country shows both a rosy and an abysmal picture. Schools in different regions and systems have their own ways of teaching, evaluation systems and syllabi. The state policy on language education, curricular statements and syllabi and materials for teaching-learning of English along with teacher inputs decide the quality of education in schools more so in rural schools.

Like other states, the outcome of English language teaching is not satisfactory in state run schools in rural areas in Uttar Pradesh. There are so many reasons for the grim situation of English language education in rural areas like, the students do not have much exposure and excess to the English language. The parents do not know the language. The proposed study deals with one of the most important reasons behind the less fruitful teaching of the language i.e. the teachers who teach the language. The competency in the language and proper training in the teaching of the languages are the two most important decisive factors to achieve the goal. The present study aims to probe into both the factors and it also tries to describe and explain the failure of the teaching. Methodology (it is not sufficient, requires more detail) (What is the aim and objective of your study? Do you have any hypothesis? You need to incorporate literature review in your proposal?) The researcher proposes to carry out a cross-sectional research using the triangulation method (combination of qualitative and quantitative method). The data will be collected from both the sectors of primary schools. For the qualitative part of the research, the researcher will try to observe and record the actual classroom teaching electronically (audio and video) of the sampled teachers. A questionnaire will be used as a research tool to find out how much the teachers are aware of the teaching methodologies and techniques available for teaching of English as a second language. The questionnaire may comprise some of the questions that will help the researcher to know how much competency the teachers have in the English language. Scope and relevance of the study The proposed study may be a meaningful contribution to English language education in India as it aims at drawing attention of the academicians towards lack of well trained language teachers, especially in the primary schools run by government. The study is directly related to the benefit of a large number of Indian people who reside in rural areas and they cannot afford to send their children to good private schools where the medium of instruction is English. It is still a well known fact that the advantage of knowing English is restricted to a small number of people who are affluent. Although English as a subject has been introduced in syllabus of government run

primary schools yet they do not have well trained language teachers. The study also tries to point about the kind of training that should be provided to the teacher for the welfare of the students.

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