English Language Learning In Sri Lanka Case Study

In Sri Lanka English is learned as a second language .This study investigates the impacts of English Language learning on the values of the Tamil prospective teachers. The study explores whether the learning of English language has an impact on the values of the Sri Lankan Tamil prospective teachers. Qualitative and quantitative methodology was utilized for the study. A questionnaire and interviews with the participants were utilized for the study. The findings show that the English language learning has positive effects on the values of the Tamil prospective teachers

Key Words: Sri Lankan Tamils, English Language learning, Values, Tamil speaking students.

Introduction Sri Lanka is a multiethnic society with Sinhalese, Tamils, Muslims and

They stated that they have left their hometown and have sacrificed a lot to undergo the training in order to upgrade themselves for the benefit of their students. They further stated that their social values are not affected by learning ESL. Kulshrestha stated that economic value indicates that the person who cherishes this value is “economic in time and in the use of material resources and even in his talks and teaching”. The study reveals that majority of the respondents trust that ESL learning has a positive influence on the economic value of Tamil prospective teachers. The respondents stated that they follow the values of their culture. They expressed that they are able to follow their culture in spite of learning ESL. Kulshrestha describes the authoritarian value as a “prominent value in any worker’. He further stated that “Authoritarian teachers lay more emphasis on prestige, position, dominance and power in the school affairs. Each worker tries to dominate his subordinate”. As this value is indispensable for the teachers to have class control, most of the respondents stated that the authoritarian value is very much retained” by