Post-Graduate Department of English

Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar

Respected Sir/Madam,

We are glad to invite you to a UGC sponsored two-day National Seminar on English Language
Teaching – Problems and Strategies organized by the Post-Graduate Department of English,
Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar on 25th and 26th February 2011.

Objectives

The seminar is structured around the question: Why can’t our students use English? Let we, all
teachers, come on a common platform
1. to diagnose in detail why the ongoing English teaching programmes at board and
university levels are missing the mark and the learners in English classes do not acquire
the skills they are supposed to.
2. to discuss thoroughly what needs to be done primarily in terms of methods, curricula and
time-amount to make the teaching of English result oriented.
3. to search out a viable evaluation mechanism which discourages English to be a content
subject and encourages it to be a skill subject.
4. to find out the ways by which literary texts can be used fruitfully for English language
teaching. Specifically speaking, to explore how literary texts can be taught as cultural texts so
that the learners can feel the text as alive, a part of their daily experiences, a real life situation
whose characters they are familiar with and often hear speaking around them.
5. to think over and reach at the ways by which texts of popular culture i.e. popular
literature, magazines, advertisements, films etc. can be used to make learning of English
an interesting stress-free, real and next-to-door experience.
6. to explore how information technology can be used to facilitate learning of English.

Sub-Themes

1. Diagnosing ailments in the prevailing English Teaching Programmes

2. Curriculum Development: A thought for Literary texts, texts of Popular Culture and
Information Technology
3. Words and Grammar for Discourse: Their role and Teaching Strategies
4. Methods for teaching English in general and for Specific Purposes
5. Making Evaluation System really Evaluative: Means and Measures

Call for Papers

Kindly intimate us by 10th Jan. 2011 whether you want to participate as a common participant or
as a paper-presenter at our e-mail nationalseminar2011@rediffmail.com or at 09878058630 in
the form of an SMS or a call. Kindly don’t forget to mention your name, institution’s name and
phone number in your e-mail or SMS.
The paper-presenters are requested to send the abstracts or summaries (200-400 words) of
their papers at nationalseminar2011@rediffmail.com or to Department of English, Lyallpur
Khalsa College, Jalandhar, Punjab on or before 20th Jan 2011. The complete paper should be
submitted on or before 15th Feb 2011.
The received papers will be scrutinized and the selected paper-presenters will be
intimated regarding the date and time of their presentation by 20th Feb, 2011.

Important Dates:

Intimation of Participation – 10 Jan 2011

Submission of Abstracts - 20 Jan 2011
Submission of Complete Paper - 15 Feb 2011

Kindly join hands with us in this endeavor and help us to sensitize the academic fraternity
regarding this dire need of the society.

We pledge to make your stay at Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar cozy, fruitful and
unforgettable.
In hope to get your company for both the days

Charanjit Singh
Seminar Convener
Post Graduate Dept. of English
Lyallpur Khalsa College, Jalandhar (Punjab)
And
Dr. Sukhdev Singh
Professor, Dept. of English
Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
(Punjab)

e-mail - nationalseminar2011@rediffmail.com
Ph. 09878058630