RECENT TRENDS IN ELT IN TELANGANA (Pages 196-208) by Dr. G. Mary Sunanda in THE ENGLISH INDIA / ISSN: 2321-1172 (Online); 2347-2634 (Print)

Language learning is associated with emotion. It does not initially fall into the intellectual or cognitive domain. In article” Children of Century “ By the age of four, children have generally mastered the basics of their LI and can ask questions, give commands report real events and create stories .” By seven years they can speak ten thousand words, parts of speech. The emotional bond is strong in these years. Hence 0-4 years is the best period to teach languages. The below age four, in every child's life, is a just emotional phase. All children who are known as the prodigies did something just after their four years of age. So, mother tongue learning for every child is an automatic thing. But learning English needs to be a proactive strategy for second language learners. This is not happening in the classrooms. However, in English language learning the school going child spends four or five years to learn English.He or she learns English from fifth to tenth class. He or she has to appear for the S.S.C exam, which is rather a less time to pick up English, a below 35 marks in English would get him a fail grade. Though the students score good grades yet they lack some basic competencies in English. The government schools in Telangana have English teaching from first-class onwards. They have textbooks in English. To match this a new pedagogy is being put to practice. The students who appear for SSC forget all that they learned inEnglish immediately exams are over. They delete all English once the results are announced. They need to accrue the grammar rules. They are not doing so. This is largely because the methods adopted and the perceptions students have towards the English language. The students don’t think same grammar rules might be helpful for him or her to appear for competitive exams at local, national and international level a little later. This shows lack of awareness.English immediately exams are over. They delete all English once the results are announced. They need to accrue the grammar rules. They are not doing so. This is largely because the methods adopted and the perceptions students have towards the English language. The students don’t think same grammar rules might be helpful for him or her to appear for competitive exams at local, national and international level a little later. This shows lack of awareness.Keywords: pedagogy, proactive, methodology, competencies etc.