Author: Dr. Sharanappagouda L Patil

Abstract: In the year 2007, the Government of Karnataka implemented the English as a second language from the first standard in Non-English Medium schools. My intention here is to draw upon my ethnographic fieldwork to make observations on what is happening inside the classrooms and to evaluate whether the teachers follow the procedure as stated in the resource books or not. So, in the first phase of my survey during 2008-09, I observed 47 classes and in the next academic year 2009-10 which was carried out as part of the second phase of my fieldwork. Here, I visited the same 47 schools. The following analysis has been done on the basis of my ethnographic experience, notes and videotaped materials.

Keywords: Ethnographic, TPR activities, dialogue, TPR activities, resource books, activities books