Today we live in a world without borders where competition
in every aspect of life is fiercer than ever before.
Therefore, to maintain a competitive edge, we need our
students to be well prepared and ready to compete with
not only their Nepali peers, but also with students from
around the world. Our books are the foundation in developing
effective and equitable education for ESOL (English
Speakers of Other Language) students. Incidentally, KEDC
has used the methods and values of TESOL (Teaching English
to Speakers of Other Language) as a guiding principle
in the conceptualisation of all our books; thus, adapting to
the existing international standard for quality English text
books.
There is no doubt that English has become a universal
language. Hence, English is today used by more than one
billion people around the world, either as their first or as a
second language. As a result, KEDC saw the importance of
having a considerable set of professional writers, teachers,
contributors and researchers who are aware of the modern
methods of teaching the English language. Nonetheless,
no one can ignore the need of a standardised method
of teaching English as a secondary language or even as a
foreign language that is accepted universally. However,
students are different in their needs. Some students learn
visually while others prefer oral instructions; others again
have shorter attention spans whereas many students come
from different backgrounds. Therefore, in order to meet all
their needs, it is necessary to use a wide range of
instructional methods; i.e., TESOL and TEFL (Teaching
English as a Foreign Language) whose strategies and techniques
are vital in making students understand the concepts
and usage of correct grammar and proper vocabulary,
structure and many more in the complex composition
of the English language.
It is of no doubt that there are an array of materials for
students to look into, however, it is only certain that this
opportunity is delivered to the students only through the
books of KEDC.