Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Methods and Techniques of Teaching English 2 Credits Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Module 1: Global Importance of English Language

• 1 English as a Global Language Factors responsible for the global importance of English language- Colonialism, Trade and Commerce, Globalization, International Relations
• 2 English language in India: Emergence and Continuation
• 3 Basic Understanding of Language Learning and Language Acquisition
• 4 English as a Second Language and English as a Foreign Language

Module 2: Methods and Techniques of Teaching English

• 1 Communicative Method to Language Teaching, Translanguaging
• 2 ICT in language education / CALL
• 3 Reading Skills – Scanning, Skimming, oral, intensive and extensive for classroom reading, reading aloud, silent reading, Vocabulary – Teaching form or shape of Word, Through Context, Word families, Word chains, Word Groups, Word Exercises
• 4 Writing Skills –Pre-writing activities- Handwriting, Brainstorming, Free writing, Composition, teaching Grammar skills

Textbooks

• 1 Crystal, David. English as a Global Language (Second edition). Cambridge University Press, 2003.
• 2 Rai, B.C. Methods of The Teaching of English. Prakashan Kendra, Lucknow, 1999. ( Chapters I, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XVII, XXIV, XXXI)
• 3 Tickoo, M. L. Teaching and Learning English a Sourcebook for Teachers and Teacher- Trainers. Orient Blackswan Private Limited, Hyderabad, 2003 ( Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7)
• 4 Tondon, K. K. A Guide to English Language Teaching. Mark Publishers, Jaipur, 2009(Chapters 5, 9, 12,14,15,18,20)
• 5 Verghese, C Paul. Teaching English AsA Second Language. Sterling Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi, 1989. (Chapters 1,2,5,6,7,8,9)

Reference Books

• 1 Freeman, Diane- Larsen and Marti Anderson. Techniques & Principles in Language Teaching. OUP, 20218.
• 2 Hall, D and Ann Hewings. Eds. Innovation in English Language Teaching. New York: Routledge, 2013.
• 3 Jayendran, Nishevita, Ramanathan, Anusha and Nagpal, Surbhi. Language Education: Teaching English in India. Routledge. 2021.
• 4 Krashen, Stephen. Second Language Acquisition and Second Language Learning. Oxford, New York: Pergamon, 1982.
• 5 Kudchedkar, Shirin. Readings in English Language Teaching in India. Chennai: Orient Longman Pvt Ltd., 2002.
• 6 Nation, Paul and Jonathan Newton. Teaching ESL/EFL Listening and Speaking. New York: Routledge, 2009.
• 7 Nunan, David. Second Language Teaching. Massachusetts: Heinle and Heinle Publishers, 1999.
• 8 Richards Jack and Theodore S. Rodgers. Approaches and Methods in Language Teaching. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001.
• 9 Smagorinsky, Peter. Teaching English by Design: How to Create and Carry out Instructional Units. Portsmouth: Heinemann Educ Books, 2008.
• 10 Ur, Penny. A course in English language teaching. Cambridge University Press, 2012.