From the Editor's Desk

English is a global language today. It is the language of power and it is becoming user-friendly day by day as it is proliferating in non-English speaking countries. English language is enriched by the local cultural contents. On the one hand, the phenomena will enhance the proficiency in English language and on the other, it will be the wealth of the nation providing opportunities to the people in employment and knowledge generation etc. The age of globalization and privatization has ushered in a new demand for English in various walks of life. English being the global language today commands an enhanced sense of sophistication, apt vocabulary, appropriate sentence structure, new expressions and situational phraseology. The skillful use of language seems to rule today's transnational and trans- border transactions. Further, "Language and communication skills are the tools for learning. Informal learning takes place through social interaction and formal learning through schooling. Language skills facilitate conceptualization. Good communication helps effective social interaction." (Arunajatesan 2010:17) The effective use of English language is judicious combination of both formal and informal uses of languages.