An Analysis of Rabindranath Tagore’s Approach to English Language Teaching

ABSTRACT

Rabindranath Tagore was a versatile genius whose works touched every aspect of our lives. He was keenly interested in English language teaching. He devised several strategies of teaching English at the elementary level, about which he wrote in the textbooks namely, Engreji Swopan (Steps to English), Engreji Sruti Siksha (Learning English through Listening), Engreji Sahaj Siksha (Easy Way to Learn English) and Anubad Charcha (Translation Practice). This paper aims to examine Tagore’s methodology, and how far his teaching strategies were in tune with the various Methods and Approaches of Second Language teaching.

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