Department of English is one of the popular departments of Dr. B R Ambedkar College-Affiliated to the University of Kalyani.The department has offered Major or Minor course in English under the system of NEP 2020, according to the University of Kalyani.Previously, many students have graduated from the Department of English as Honours and General candidates and placed themselves in higher studies. Moreover, many students of the department have established themselves in various sectors, especially as accomplished teachers in various H.S. schools and degree colleges. They have been in touch with the department as alumni. Besides teaching, the department regularly organizes various co-curricular activities like seminars, debates, and group discussions. These activities help the students to prepare for the higher studies as well as for their future placement in the competitive job markets. The students are also encouraged to nurture their creativities through the departmental Wall Magazine, and teachers guide them properly in this regard. Above all, the faculty members are always ready to render all possible assistance and guidance to students inside and outside the campus as and when required.

Vision and Mission:

The Department of English is one of the oldest departments of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar College. The NEP 2020 syllabus in English has been designed to provide students with a strong foundation in English literature. Covering a wide range of texts, authors, movements, literary trends, theories, and schools of criticism, the course equips students for further study and research in the subject. It is also intended to be proactive and to make the study of literature exciting and challenging. Students are encouraged to participate in the teaching-learning process to develop their skills for original, independent, and analytical thinking and appreciation. As the college is situated in a rural area and most of the students live in various villages surrounding the college, the department has catered to the needs of these rural students. Besides these, various experimental teaching methods have been incorporated within the teaching-learning mechanism to develop the literary understanding of these rural students towards English studies. Strategies of teaching include the lecture method, audio-visual techniques, student seminars, and class discussions. Most of the students are coming from Bengali-medium schools with poor writing, reading, and communicative skills in English. In order to motivate them and to make them habituated to the English language, teachers try to deliver class lectures through a bilingual medium. Remedial classes are arranged for the slow learners. Teachers are very careful to understand the weakness or the limitations of the slow learners and guide them to overcome their limitations towards the improvement of the result.