AN EVALUATION OF LANGUAGE FOUNDATION CURRICULA IN U. G. COURSES

UGC's initiatives for the compulsory Language Foundation courses, in the UG programme, are no doubt an important step in the direction of developing self–learning skills. Either Hindi or English or both are offered under such courses. The sample in the study included LF Curriculum of Hindi and English of first two semesters in the UG courses of Guru Ghasidas Vishvidyalaya. To know Language Proficiency level, an English achievement test was conducted on sample of 100 students of UG Courses in G.G.V Bilaspur. For an opinion study, a sample was taken of 15 teachers (7 English and 8 Hindi) G.G.V. Three tools were used in this study. A Check List was prepared for the structural analysis of the LFC. To assess the level of Language proficiency, an English Comprehension test was developed by the Researcher. A Language Foundation Course Evaluation Questionnaire was developed for knowing the input from the teachers teaching the course. It was revealed form the study the entry level behaviour in terms of language proficiency of the first year UG students was found to be poor. Not a single among the 100 students, scored above 11 out of total score of 20 in the simple proficiency test in English