Difference In Teaching English Between Teachers With Qualification In English Literature And Teachers With Non-English Literature Qualification

Abstract

 The present study was conducted to find out the difficulties of teachers teaching English as a second language to the elementary students. The method adopted for this research was descriptive method and the sample comprised of 144 teachers and 288 students. It was found that 76.9% English teachers (with English Literature background) agreed that they teach English phonetics. 76.9% English teachers mentioned that they always follow a lesson plan whereas only 52.6% non- English literature respondents agreed that they always follow a lesson plan while teaching English. It was found that 61.5% English literature teachers frequently update themselves with reference to the subject language whereas 45.8% non-English literature teachers mentioned that they frequently update themselves with reference to the subject language.  It was found that 61.5% English literature respondents mentioned that they follow direct method of teaching English whereas only 6.8% non-English literature admitted that they follow direct method