‘Importance of worksheets in ESL classrooms’ by Neha Joshi

[ELTWeekly Volume 6, Issue 27 | November 10, 2014 | ISSN 0975-3036]


Language classes need to be lively, since language itself is a matter of lively thinking process and everyday routine. Still sometimes language classes go dry-more so when it is a second language classroom. There are many ways in which this can be resolved; use of worksheets is one of them.

Worksheet helps an SL classroom in following ways:

1. Immediate Practical Use

The taught lesson can immediately be put in use with the help of a worksheet. This will enhance the understanding and make it more apt for the students. After all we learn a language in order to use it. Worksheets would thus provide with an apt sense of meaning and so the learning will get consolidated.

2. Quick Exposure

An exposure to use the learnt things will work as a motivating factor. Exposure is a very important and crucial thing in Second Language Learning.

Read full article on englishteachingdaily.com.

**Dr. Neha Joshi currently works as an Associate Professor, Department of Communication and Skill Development, Kadi Sarva Vishwavidyalaya, Sarva Vidyalaya Kelvani Mandal, India.

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