This volume is an outcome of several years of experience to be used as an aid to the Language Laboratory Instructions Materials relating to the Intermediate Course in Telugu. It is aimed at facilitating L2 Telugu Language Learners while practicing the Instructions and materials in the context of Telugu learning besides it being applicable to the area of Testing and Evaluation. It is designed to suit the non-native speakers of Telugu from different Mother-tongue backgrounds in the course of learning Telugu. The present set up material has been thoroughly revised and edited for betterment keeping in view the feedback obtained from the L2 learners during the last 4 decades. It is hoped that this volume will help the L2 learners of Telugu in learning the language more effectively and efficiently. The three contributors deserve high commendation for their efforts in bringing out the present volume. Needless to mention that it will go a long way in Teaching-Learning as an L2
Dr. G. Prabhakar is currently working as Reader at the Southern Regional Language Centre of CIIL. He has been associated with the SRLC ever since 1995. He possesses a Ph.D. in Socio-Linguistics and has been actively engaged in designing, directing and conducting Second Language Teaching Programmes in four Dravidian languages and more so in Telugu. He is a recipient of 5 Awards including 2 from the Andhra Pradesh State Government. He has to his credit 11 books and about 16 research articles. Dr. G. Prabhakar was also nominated as a member for Classical Telugu Committee, Government of Andhra Pradesh. He was also invited as a Chief Guest from Andhraday Celebrations of Mauritius in 2009.
The Southern Regional Language Centre (CIIL), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, has been engaged in Teaching of 4 major Dravidian Languages as Second Languages mainly to in-service graduate teachers as a measure to fulfill the Language Policy of the Government of India ever since it was established in the year 1969-70.
Language Education in particular L2 and Lr, involves specialised expertise in adopting various kinds of language teaching methods, materials and media. In order to make the teaching-learning highly effective and efficient, the Centre has been supplementing direct classroom instruction with the technological aids in language laboratories. There are mainly 2 kinds of language laboratories - Audio Active and Audio Passive. While the former keeps both the facilitators (instructors/teachers) and the learners engaged in direct contact that helps constant monitoring, counseling and implementing remedial measures to help the learners conveniently and easily overcome their learning problems through relevant and necessary drills and exercises, the later does not provide such an opportunity for communication between the facilitators and the learners. It is for this reason that the Centre has been actively making use of the Audio Active language laboratories for the purpose.
Needless to mention that special kinds of language instructional material needs to be developed to suit the medium concerned (language laboratories in the present case) to meet the requirements of the learners both at the group and individual levels. Such an exercise of supplementary instruction through language laboratories could help conveniently develop primary and higher order language skills and study skills. It goes without saying that suitable and appropriate drills and exercises play a significant role.
The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) celebrates its Golden Jubilee this year after completing 50 years of excellence. The Institute was established on July 17, 1969 by the Government of India in Mysuru to help in evolving and implementing the language policy of the Government and to coordinate the development of Indian Languages by conducting research in the areas of language analysis, language pedagogy, language technology and language use in the society.
It began its journey with several units of research such as Tribal and Border Languages, Sociolinguistics, Phonetics, Psycholinguistics, Material Production and Training, Testing and Evaluation, Educational Technology, Lexicography and Translation, Cartography, Folklore and Computer. Applications. In addition to this, seven Regional Language Centres were set up at Mysuru, Patiala, Bhubaneswar, Pune, Lucknow, Solan and Guwahati with a goal of implementing the three-language formula and thereby contribute to national integration. These Centres offer a 10-month Diploma in Language Education in second languages and teach 20 Indian languages to non-native speakers mainly to in-service teachers, prospective teachers, research scholars and general public. CIIL was one of the few institutions that initiated work on natural language processing in the early 1990s. It has interdisciplinary academic collaborations with various institutions at both national and international levels. The Institute is well-recognised by the academic fraternity across the globe for the quality of its wide-ranging linguistic research and language studies.
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