SANTHY SUBBARAUP66831

Syllabus and teaching in polytechnic is brought to greater heights when all subjects are made compulsory to be taught in English from the year 2008.

Training and Career Development Division, Department of Polytechnic and Community College Education had conducted a training programme based on the Training Needs Analysis conducted in early 2006 to train non-language lecturers to use English as their medium of instructions.

The Ministry of Higher Education is aware of the need to train the technical lecturers so as to improve the delivery of Technical subject in English. Two interventions namely the PPMSTI and EEP were conducted since 2006 up till 2010.

To study the practices of the technical instructors in teaching technical content in English-Medium Instructions.

To identify problems faced by Technical Instructors in using English-Medium Instructions.

To find out the strategies used in coping using the English as Medium of Instruction by the technical instructors.

What are the steps taken to teach in English-Medium by the Technical Instructors?

What is the problem faced by the technical instructors in using language in English-medium instructions in the classroom?

What are the technical instructors’ suggestions/alternatives as regards to the English-medium instruction?