Empirical Study on Syllabus Designing and English Language Teaching in Calicut University

The study investigates English education in Kerala with the support of the communicative approach. This research evaluates the effectiveness of the course “The Four Skills of Communication” from students’ and teachers’ points of view. This is a common course taught in different colleges affiliated with Calicut University. This research investigates the English textbook and syllabus for its ability to help students improve their proficiency in the English language. This empirical study observes the development of language skills of learners and highlights the positive and negative aspects of this syllabus and textbook. As the course name indicates “the four language skills,” the paper evaluates the language skills taught by the teachers as instructed by the course developers. This study is an enlightening lesson for course and textbook developers to check whether the course and the syllabus are relevant for improving students’ proficiency in English.