Teaching Language Through 4f Approach - 1767 Words

Amit Joshi Research Scholar Teaching Language through 4F Approach Following more than sixty years of independence, the status of English language in rural India, predominantly in Rajasthan, is poor. Even after a decade’s learning in school, students are not able to bring into play English aptly to meet up their requirements. Various reasons can be accommodated for this apologetic state however my concern stretches out with the discovery of best possible way out which serves as a step forward for its eradication. Since we are living in a fast globalizing multicultural era, where English has emerged as a dominant language, it’s time to minimize the distance existing between English and an individual to meet the diverse demands of†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬Ëœ4F’ approach interests me as it focuses on a very familiar and shared experience, making it suitable to be implemented in the classroom teaching. My classroom is in a way represents diversity of familial backgrounds. For the sake of experiment with language teaching, through the inspiration of ‘4F’ approach, the class is categorized in three groups A, B, C on the basis of their lingual familial backgrounds. The first group ‘A’ which constitute almost 10% of the class, consist of the students who are right from their birth are in Anglo-Indian homes, and English is their natural medium for communication. 40 % of the class constitutes the second group B, where the students are bringing up from their very childhood, in educated Christian, Muslim and Hindu homes their chosen medium for communication is English as their elders know that given today’s environment for future growth and prospects, their children will have a definite edge over others. However, the third group C, of students who’s interaction with English is minimal, neither they speak nor they get chance to hear English consists almost 50 %. In the case of group A, learning English is through the natural engage ment process of uninterrupted bombardment of sounds, words, sentences to comprehend and convey content with the help of family, friends,