PEDAGOGICAL SKILLS PROBLEMS RELATED TO EFFECTIVE TEACHING OF ENGLISH AT PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL

Present research study deals with the pedagogical skills problems related to English language at Zillah Parishad primary schools. The major objectives of the study were to identify and analyze the problems related to pedagogical skills of primary teachers for effective teaching of English. Survey method was used for the research, under which data were collected from 325 primary teachers of Zillah Parishad, Pune. The pedagogical problems related to Preparation, Presentation (Instructions), Language skills and Evaluation phases of English Language were surveyed through questionnaire. After analyzing the data it was concluded that while preparing and planning for English teaching in the classroom, most of the teachers are facing the problems of limited time period for preparation, biclass teaching method, availability of the audio-visual aids, also difficulties to plan for teaching the diverse learners in the class. Lack of communicative approach due to insufficient knowledge, vocabulary and training of the teachers. Impact of mother tongue, phobia about English speaking While evaluating the students, teachers came across the problems of lack of positive attitude of students, towards evaluation.