An Exploratory Study on Teaching English— Teachers’ Perspective

In India, though English language education started in the pre-independent era, it gained more prominence particularly in the post-independent era and today has entered all the fields of study. Now, English language has become necessary for mobility, social and economic success in the world. Lucas says that in the last few decades, the importance of English language raised to an incredible and wider extent (Lucas, 2004). In the current scenario, English language has become mandatory to attain success in all the fields of study. A person with good proficiency in English has high success rate irrespective of the field he works in or belongs to. So, it becomes necessary to acquire English language proficiency. English is considered to be the second language in India and it has been taught in schools, colleges, private institutions, through online classes, etc., Though the means to learn English language is numerous, everything has its own challenges and obstacles involved in teaching and learning a language. This paper focuses on teaching of English in schools and it further discusses the teachers' perspective on English language, the challenges and obstacles they encounter in the teaching process.