Reflective Blog: Expert Lectures on ELT by Prof. Atanu Bhattacharya sir

#Expert_lectures_on_ELT_by_Prof_Atanu_Bhattacharya
#25th_to_27th_January_2020
#Talk_on_Research_Prospects_and_Future_of_English_Studies
#ELT
#Department_of_English
#MKBU

#Language_is_teaching_of_logic

We acquire language in childhood in form of picking up certain sounds and gradually we move to be fluent speaker of any language, it seems that this process is not less than mechanism. Language can even becomes a weapon in creating either reality or falsify anything. In order to clarify or providing better understanding of various concepts of ELT, very insightful lectures were delivered at department of English by ELT expert #Prof_Atanu_Bhattacharya_sir, organized by Dr.Dilip Barad Sir.

In order to clarify the present knowledge it is necessary to go back to its root, and so the sir truly did. By providing a productive information on education shifting in Renaissance period, sir discussed a various concepts and methods of ELT as well as lighten on why literature should be incorporated in ESL/EFL curriculum. There are many techniques which are used in teaching ELT though learning basic skills and language area by using literature as a technique is nowadays a very famous in foreign language learning. Following are concepts and methods discussed in this insightful session.
#Deductive_grammar_method
#Rhetoric_method
#Audio_Lingual_method
#Natural_or_Direct_method
#Cathechistic_Reiterative_Reflactive_techniques
#Cognitive_and_Metacognitive_skills
#Speech_acts
#Terms: #testing_evaluation_and_Assesment

While today, in the expert talk on Research Prospects and Future of English Studies, sir talked on how language create power as well as emphasized on future of English studies and provided information about trending possible research areas in the field of ELT. In order to crystallize our understanding following are the concepts discussed by sir.
#Linguistic_Explorations
#Visual_Culture_and_film_studies
#Multimodal_approach
#Technology_for_further_Humanities
#Interdisciplinarity
#Studies_in_various_forms
#Science_fiction_in_India
#Fantasy_Literature

Indeed it was a quite fruitful sessions for us, I am thankful to #Atanu_Bhattacharya_sir for honoring us with his deep knowledge and equally I would like to thank Dilip Barad sir for arranging such magnificent and insightful session for us.

Following are the concepts discussed in detail by Atanu Bhattacharya sir. 

ELT – Historical Perspective

In the very first lecture, sir introduced us with history of English Language Teaching as well as how the principles and Concepts of language learning differed in every age. The historical Perspective can be taught from classical perspective to how it emerges in 20^th Century.

1.           Classical
2.           Middle Ages
3.           12^th – 15^th Century
4.             Renaissance
5.            17^th-18^th and 19^th Centuries
6.            19^th and early 20^th Centuries

During 19^th and early 20^th Century Natural and Direct Methods are predominated, before it mainly the methods of language learning could be found in oral form. 

Language Learning through Literature