Nescience Built on Overemphasis on Science Subjects: Writing Answers in Incomplete Sentences
Abstract It is often a common tendency to write the correct answers in specific words or phrases without completing the sentences. Students often write answers alone, without completing the sentence and think that the answer is complete. The over emphasis on subjects like Maths and Science have created a notion inside the minds of the students that there is a particular answer for a question and the answers fetch marks. The way English is taught, which is no different from the ‘subjects’, make it difficult for the students to understand the difference between a language especially when it is not their regional language and the subjects. Also, the close ended questions and the lack of knowledge in using grammar and other structural aspects of language make students feel that only the answers are required. Thus students lack the inability to write the answers in a complete sentence and tend to think that English is also a subject. This paper titled ‘ Nescience Built on Overempha...