Past formal or informal language learning experiences.(any language which is not your first language. Essay

My mother tongue is Bengali which is being spoken in our house since my childhood. I have through my preliminary education from Doon. While schooling Ive studied in English as my first language and Hindi being the second. thenceforth after completing my secondary education I came to Kolkata where in I got a chance to learn Bengali i.e. my mother tongue. As I didnt like the language I didnt learn it rattling sincerely also.As English was my favourite subject during my school days. aft(prenominal) finishing my higher secondary, I applied for my Graduation in communicative English where my subjects were Functional English, Business English, Alternative English & usual English .We never had general classes or so called text books unless main emphasis was given on communicative language base teaching. CLT is usually characterized as a broad approach to teaching, rather than as a teaching method with a clearly defined portion of classroom uses.We were made to interact more and more by heavy(a) divergent situations based topic to discuss so as to practice group discussion in class authentic texts were used to relieve oneself the learning meaningful like reading newspaper headlines and describing the situations to the class. We were given portion plays based on situation practice. For e.g a visit to a furbish up for treatment of any disease. Then we were made to practice speaking, listening skills with audio frequency/video aids. The objective of the course was to express yourself fluently in different communicative contexts (both professional and everyday usage).It taught me English Grammar along with speaking, reading, writing as well as listening skills. I was able to improve my orthoepy and intonation and where to stress on syllables.It also helped me learn business talk call centre English, report writing for mass communication. It also helped me heighten my public speaking skills, preparing me for job market. Hence I would say rent this aspec t of teaching more effective rather than traditional style of teaching