English Language Teaching in Govt. Primary Schools, Mizoram: Problems and Remedial Suggestions

English Language is now an international communicative tool, a means of achieving countless transactions which is indispensable in today’s world. Even for remote North Eastern Indian state like Mizoram, and specifically in the backward rural southern part of Mizoram, its importance is no less defined. It is surprising to see many students of Higher Secondary and Colleges terribly struggling in the English communication skills, which prompted this small study. The study focusses on the teaching of English to Primary students which is manifesting in the English language communicative competency of the elementary students. This level is selected with an assumption that the elementary level is the root where the problems which shows in the later levels are concentrated. The study looked into the teaching process, the text-books and the socio-economic context of the study area.