In the present globalized context communication has acquired a greater importance and it poses a tough challenge to teaching and learning of General English. Learners are required to attain a satisfactory linguistic level to cope with the current demand of the job market. Keeping this in focus, the ESL assessment is carried out to find out whether the syllabuses of General English at the University of Madras and the autonomous colleges, which were granted autonomy in 1975 in the state of Tamil Nadu (TN), are effective enough to cater to the needs of learners. The findings of the study suggest...

Identity is an essential existential constituent of the reality of existents.Inthe period of colonialism there developed self understood African cultural identity with two dimension: one related to the African to his/her fellows, the other to Europeans. Joyce Cary's colonialist accounts of African history from a European point of view is reflected through an analysis of pre-colonial Africa, British interaction with Africa and the consequent exploitation, African nationalism, independence and the subsequent disillusionment with independence. However, while focusing on Europe, cary does not...