English labs — An interactive environment to inculcate grammar skills in students

It is often observed that students lack basic English language skills in India, inspite of the fact that the language is generally introduced early in school. Interestingly this is observed in vernacular medium schools as well as English medium schools. Common issues cited are lack of exposure of students to the language, inadequate teaching learning methods and practice. In this paper will discuss notion of an English Language learning lab to gain proficiency in basic language constructs - primarily for use in schools but can be used by any user wishing to learn the basics of the language. The interactive labs are focused on addressing common problems faced by students while learning the language and facilitate user with instant personalized feedback and remedial action. The user feedback, logs and case studies, testify the effectiveness of our approach. We feel that the English Language Lab when supplemented with existing teaching learning process will significantly enhance the English language capability of users.