Abstract: English language is lot more than just an official language in India. It has been the language of the diplomacy, higher administration, higher education, superior judiciary etc. English is a language of opportunities and success for life in India. There have been different commissions and Education Policies were published to improve our Education. National Curriculum Framework 2005 is the latest. NCF 2005 is most important part for develop textbooks. So evaluate textbooks of English of standard six, seven and eight of Hindi medium which are published by Rajasthan state textbook board in the light of NCF 2005. Textbooks of English are evaluated as per parameters which are selected from NCF-2005. Sixteen parameters are used to evaluate the English textbooks of Standard six, seven and eight. Parameters are like: Connecting knowledge to out of the school, Learning is Shifted away from rote method, Overall development of children, making children sensitive to the environment, Child centred education, Active and creative capabilities, etc. English textbooks of standard six, seven and eight has all the qualities or it is as per the NCF-2005’s suggestion except three parameters in standard six and seven. There are four parameters absents in standard eight.
Keywords: English language teaching, NCF-2005, Evaluation, English textbook.
Title: Evaluation and Comparison of the English Textbooks of Standard Six, Seven and Eight of Rajasthan in the light of NCF
Author: Prof. Dr. Jagdish S Joshi, Mr. Savaliya Jaydipbhai K.
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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