Enhancing The Self Esteem of The Students For Effective and Easy Learning of English as a Second Language

Abstract

‘The Learning Revolution’ by Gordon Dryden and Dr. Jeannette Vas, speaks of the following three factors which would make teaching and learning effective and easy; interesting and instant.

1. Enhancing the self esteem of the students
2. Training the brain to bring out its best potentials and
3. Creating a positive class room climate.

Lack of self esteem or self confidence, as mentioned by these authors, has resulted in slow and low learning, as evidenced in most of our schools, especially among the low achievers and slow learners. Enhancing the self-esteem of the students will definitely result in better and fast learning of English as the second language.

To make the English language teaching and learning easy and interesting for Tamil medium students in Tamil Nadu, India, this research scholar has developed an IELT (Integrated English Language Teaching) methodology. The first pillar of the IELT is the session on self-esteem. This paper presents the details of the IELT approach to language teaching and gives the details of the sessions on self-esteem. These sessions have not only enhanced the self-esteem of the students but also resulted in a strong motivation and determination to learn English.