Blended Learning in a Heterogeneous Classroom - A Prerequisite for Effective Learning

Abstract

Teaching English in India requires diversified methods to cater to the needs of different learners in a classroom. These diverse methods are life savers for teachers and students. This paper accentuates the need for Blended Learning as a potential method to enhance English Language Teaching in a heterogeneous classroom atmosphere. Though students understand and interpret literature, they still find it difficult to be proficient in the language, especially with speaking, as they come from different vernacular medium of instruction. Students are very much exposed to media and this aspect can be used to teach them vocabulary, phrases, accent and find means to received pronunciation which play a prominent role in the LSRW skills, which are basically considered the key aspects of acquiring a language. Blended Learning can be effectively used for this purpose. This paper elaborates on how this cumulative effort not only encourages but also engages students in participatory learning. This also equips and empowers an individual to learn the language. With the teacher as a facilitator, and students being active participants of Blended Learning, this becomes a personalized way of learning, producing effective results.