Learning English in Small Towns: Problems & Solutions

Authors : Londhe Shivaji, Dawle Abhijeet

DOI : 10.5281/zenodo.16928359

Volume : 12

Issue : 10

Year : 2020

Page No : 866-874

The present paper is an attempt to investigate the different reasons and enlist various levels of difficulties of Learning English in small towns in India. Unique sound system and disparity between letters and sounds give rise to faulty listening of pronunciations and ultimately mispronounced language. This paper also identifies the factors such as diverse rules of phonetics including stress patterns, tone and different dialects that affect English language learning. In addition to this, it also tries to unearth difficulties rose due to abstrusegrammar rules, vast vocabulary, mother tongue influence, lack of linguistic exposure, lack of trained teachers, indifferent government attitude, socio-cultural and socio-economical background of the learners, lack of facility, students‟ strength, faulty teaching methodologies etc. At last, it also provides some workable solutions.


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