GOVERNMENT OF KARNATAKA

DEPARTMENT OF COLLEGIATE EDUCATION

GOVT. FIRST GRADE COLLEGE & P.G CENTRE (NAAC B+GRADE),

 DAVANAGERE.

Department of English

U.G.C Sponsored Two Day National Seminar on:

                     

Challenges in English Language Teaching (ELT) in the Present Context.

On 29 and 30-09-2011.

Venue

S.S.V. Convention Hall,

 Smt. Parvathamma Shamnur Shivashankarappa Choultry Compound, Hadadi road,

Davangere-577004, Karnataka.

Organized by

Department of English G.F.G.C. & P.G.Centre,

Davangere-577002

Phone: 08192-223960

Email: eng.gfgc.pg@gmail.com
http://gfgcdvg.com/

In Association With

Alumni Association,

Department of English

 Kuvempu University
http://kuenglishalumni.wordpress.com/

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About the College

Davangere was once known as the Manchester of Karnataka for its economic activities, but now it has evolved as Shantiniketan-a place of learning. Government First Grade College and P.G. centre, Davangere were established in 1992 and affiliated to Davangere University (http://www.davangereuniversity.org/About%20us.html). A tiny college has grown into an institution of high quality. It is regarded as one of the better institutions in our state. It has nearly 3000 students. It has three faculties at U.G. level-Arts, Science and Commerce, and it is a centre for higher education with four post graduate courses including M.A. in English. It has many committed teachers in all the departments and has been accredited with B+ Grade by NAAC. The IQAC and other academic committees are active. In order to facilitate all round development of  students discussions, seminars, workshops, cultural and extra-curricular activities are organized. The G.F.G.C & P.G. Centre has evolved as a hub of learning.

About the Department

 The Department of English is one of the pillars of our institution, teaching English language and literature to the students of various faculties-Arts, Science and Commerce. It has been successful in its commitment to value based and qualitative education in the field of English language and literature. The department has hard working, committed and motivated teachers. The post graduate department of English initially started with a few students has grown into a place of higher excellence of P.G studies guided by enthusiastic faculty. The English literary club of the department is active throughout the academic year conducting various programmes such as stress management, contact programme, grammar workshop, spoken and communicative skill development programmes and seminars on various literary aspects. To our credit we have bagged three ranks of Kuvempu University for the year 2009-10. It is reward for the teachers and a source of inspiration for students.

Context

Teaching of any subject includes analysis of the nature of the subject itself and the application of teaching and learning principles drawn from research and theory and applying these core learning and teaching principles  with classroom practices that are derived from them. The same is true with language teaching.  Approaches and methods practiced throughout the twentieth century have been replaced by innovative ideas and theories. The seminar is an attempt to develop new methods for application in the classroom for teaching of the English language. Globalization has had a tremendous effect on political, social, cultural and psychological spheres leading to enormous changes in the ecology of teaching and learning English language. Therefore language teaching faces the challenge of rethinking and upgradation of the teaching skills and reformulating the relationship between the teacher and the learner. A cautious approach is necessary to fill the gap between the generalizations. Language teaching and the ground realities because language teaching involves a complex, multi faced interaction between the teacher and the students.

            The seminar will try to explore these ideas to provide fruitful out puts for those engaged in language teaching and evolve classrooms dynamics for the participants. It is hoped that the programme will turn out to be a teacher education programme.

Objectives

1. To enhance knowledge and proficiency in English

            2. Provide opportunity for participants to obtain a comprehensive

            idea about the language learning and teaching.

           3. Provide opportunity for language teachers to upgrade teaching

            capabilities.

           4. To provide opportunity to share one’s ideas about language

            teaching.

           5. To know, try and adopt a variety of teaching methods suiting

 one’s own teaching environment.

           6. To address specific problems of the teachers of English.

          7. An opportunity to language learners to upgrade English

 language learning capabilities.

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Call for Papers :
               
              An abstract of the proposed paper of  words should be sent via e-mail : eng.gfgc.pg@gmail.com to the organizing secretary of the seminar by 15th Sept. 2011. Accepted papers should be sent in full length (2000 words typed in double space MLA format) along with the registration form and additional fee of Rs. 100/- to the organising secretary before 25th Sept. 2011.


              A soft copy of the complete paper should be sent to the above given e-mail ID.

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Important Dates:

Last date for submission of papers                                  24-09-2011

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Delegates are cordially invited by

Honorary President

Prof. D. Basavaraj

Principal

Organizing secretary

Prof. K.T Swami

Head, Dept. of English

Programme Coordinators

Smt. Shashikala S

Smt. Triveni M.L

Sri. Shashikala G.T

Prof. Venkatesh

Prof. S.D Vastrad

Teaching & Non teaching staff.

Note : D.C.E has provided OOD  facility for all the participants

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TOPICS

1)   ELT pedagogy for the rural and urban classrooms.

2)   Possibilities of remedial courses.

3)   Needs of a global society and ELT.

4)   Affordable media-technology in the ELT classroom.

5)   Reformulating communicative English.

6)   Language through literature – reviewing its possibilities.

7)   Teaching, reading and writing skills.

8)   Rethinking teaching of grammar.

The Seminar papers should focus on these topics.






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