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The paper introduces the concepts of teacher training and teacher development and gives examples of these. It describes the three models of teacher training: applied science, craft and reflective model. An attempt is made to compare two syllabuses which are used for Bed courses by two universities: English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, India and Chinese University of Hong Kong. The objective of this paper is to draw up commonalities found between these two syllabuses and to find out if these syllabuses are based on interactive syllabus approach or process oriented syllabus approach. The comparison will bring out if these syllabuses are drafted from the bottom-up approach which, indeed, helps teachers to reflect their experiences and skills very effectively. Herein, the paper will analyze these two syllabuses to find out the teacher training model adopted in the syllabuses.

This paper deals with the impact on the acquisition of English in the English medium classes in Jaffna and analyses the different perspectives of the stakeholders involved in the English medium classes. Methodology and the tools used for data collection are also elaborated with adequate information. This study reveals the outcomes which show the levels of learner's performance after they have opted for English medium education. The findings of the study are presented based on the data gathered from two schools: Jaffna Hindu College (JHC) and J/Vembai Girls 'High School (VGHS).

This paper makes an attempt to discuss some concepts of second language acquisition and classroom research. When a teacher is aware of the basics of second language acquisition and classroom research, second language teaching and learning becomes better. In this paper, some fundamentals of second language acquisition and classroom research are elaborated and analyzed critically.

he Literati is the scholarly journal of English literature and English language with a wide range of interests. Emphasis is on interpretative evaluation and fresh readings of authors and texts to be offered in light of newly discovered sources or new interpretation of known material. The journal is all set to be a promising player in the promotion of research in English Literature and Language. The journal has been conceptualized to pander to the needs of standard research in the field of English language & literature while providing a competitive platform to the young scholars for exhibiting their latent research aptitude and contribute towards the existing dimensions in the research sphere. The journal shall prove to be a touchstone of academic excellence in various literary denominations and dimensions cutting across all the literary circles.

He also has a certificate in TESL from Toronto District school Board , Canada. He has over 12 years of experience of teaching and has taught English proficiency, ESP and communication courses. His research interests include borrowings, bilingualism and bilingual education.

This paper tries to cover some basic issues related to second language acquisition and examines the process of learning and using a second language. The affective factors that underlie language learning and use will be introduced and relevant research findings will be presented. It also aims at understanding of the principles and processes that govern second language learning and use and how should that serve as the background for reflective teaching practice.

This paper deals with idioms (idioms are multi-word units believed to be mentally stored and retrieved as single units like collocations, phrasal verbs) and their importance in language teaching. In this study, an attempt is made to look at the use of idioms at Under Graduate level and ways of improving the use of idioms. This study also analyses the acquisition of idioms and teaching/learning of idioms in the context of English as Second Language (ESL). The focus of the study is on the processes of acquiring idioms and strategies to promote idiomaticity at undergraduate level. Though there are many issues discussed pertaining to idioms in this paper, it is mainly involved with teacher beliefs on teaching idiomatic English at undergraduate level.

This article is an outcome of a mini research conducted among 15 primary teachers who are currently teaching English at the primary level in the state funded schools in Kathmandu in Nepal. Basically, it deals with the deplorable condition of the primary teacher education in the country. The main focus of the study is on the English language teachers' thirst for their professional as well as English language development which has indeed confined to a bottle-neck situation for many reasons. The finding shows that primary English teachers are much willing to develop their language skills but their interests are frozen to death since there is no one to listen to their demands. It has been found that the pre service trainings has been of no use since the subsequent placement is a nightmare and the in service training never focuses on language development domain. Further, it was found that neither the trainers nor the supervisors assist language teachers after the training. On the whole, the training seems to be merely a formality rather than it being intended for the development of the primary level English language teachers.

According to Sri Lankan education system, English is taught from grade one to grade thirteen as a compulsory subject. However the competency level of English is declining in the areas that confronted the conflict especially in Jaffna district. If these problems to be resolved first the challenges that the children encounter should be identified. And this research attempts to recognize the causes that forbid a child from getting a peaceful language learning environment. The predicament that the post conflict Jaffna children encounter are found with the plight that the children of the eighteenth century England faced during the industrial revolution through William Blake's poems.

Monsoons and Potholes" by ManukaWijesinghe is a saga that takes the reader through the first twenty years of her life, struggling with growing pain analogous to Sri Lanka's turbulent politics. As the last of the trilogy, this book has been selling since the last five or six years, and begins in the 1963 and ends with the '83 riots. It is an urban book written in Sri Lankan English where the protagonist is a young girl, born in '63 who relates the political idiocies with the characteristic humor of urban irreverence and irrelevance. Thus, the book deals with the heaps and heaps of humour and the absurdity of politics taking language as a weapon. The research paper sets out to analyse the stylistic aspects in terms of language devices used by Wijesinghe comparing with that of other Sri Lankan novels such as Giraya and FunnyBoy. This paper as in a descriptive analytical method will analyse the language used by the characters in relation with the linguistic nationalism as one of its main themes. The paper will also focus on the characteristic variation of the novel in the light of its language and space.

This paper describes different components of adult learning relevant to teacher education programmes. Since teachers are by default considered as adult learners, understanding these components is necessary to designing any successful and effective learning programs for students on a teacher training program. Designing an effective curriculum for such learners calls for a close s scrutiny of the learning variables as these learners have often been "less successful" in terms of academic pursuits.