About author : Dr. Reena J. Shah has earned PTC, M.A.(English Literature), M.Ed. and Ph. D. in Education. She is working as an Assistant Teacher at Moti Sankhyad Primary School, Ta. Anklav, Dist. Borsad She has experience of more than 10 years in teaching English. She has published many research papers and conceptual articles in many reputed academic and professional journals.

About book : In order to present the status of prevailing classroom teaching pedagogies for teaching functional grammar competencies, the researcher carried out the study. There are many research studies carried out on various research components and sample but there are no research studies on selected research components, sample and the other variables. This includes the students, teachers, community stakeholders, experts and the teachers’ classroom teaching sessions. The sample is taken from rural and urban areas and the teachers and students associate with the first and second language teaching and learning are included. Six talukas of Anand district were included. There are 5 self-constructed research tools used to collect the data. The researcher selected various research components such as planning of teaching lessons, use of teaching learning materials, participation in inter-collegiate school events, organizing debate, discussion and literary events, follow up, evaluation practices, feedback and innovative classroom pedagogies and techniques for the classroom teaching. The study was descriptive and a survey method was used. The research was qualitative and quantitative in nature. The percentage analysis and content analysis techniques were used to analyse and interpret the collected research data. It was found from the study that the teachers are yet to make the teaching learning process more effective, constructive and interesting. The urban learners of English for first language are comparatively satisfied than the rural learners of second language. The teachers opined all the innovative and quality practices and efforts are made to develop the students’ functional language. The community stakeholders are not satisfied the progress, growth and the functions of teachers teaching English. The observation of the researcher on the teachers’ classroom teaching explain that the teachers are not more serious and enthusiastic in making the teaching learning process effecti