Morality and Values through EFL/ESL Teaching among Learners

Abstract

Innumerable books, articles and research papers have been created on the techniques and methodologies of teaching English language as a second or foreign language. The aim of all these techniques is to make the learners competent in communication. Following these methods teachers will be able to teach and the learners will be able to learn a language which they will use for various purposes, namely social dealings, business transaction and international communication. Thus this language would become a part of their lives. On the other hand if morality accompanies these social dealings, business transaction and international communication a man is bound to be an honest man for all those who might come in contact with him. This morality has to be inserted in the mind of the language learner. There are various Islamic teachings which provide this morality. This article deals with two prominent English language teaching methodologies/approaches and tries to show how morality based Islamic teachings can be juxtaposed with the activities of language teaching methodologies in order to inculcate morality in the minds of the language learners.