• S.Blesswin

English language has gained much attention all over the world as it is an enriching and popular language throughout the world. But till now, Indian students have been finding difficulty to learn English and also to acquire language skills. This paper will elucidate with examplethe practice of reinforcement techniques in a second language classroom forteaching Simple Present tense to the first year Undergraduate students who learnEnglish as their second language (ESL).This paper also tries to expound the methodology of using some of the reinforcement techniques and analyses the results emerged from the target students.

reinforcement, reinforcer, behaviourism, operant conditioning

"APPLYING REINFORCEMENT AS A TECHNIQUE TO TEACH SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE TO THELEARNERS OF ENGLISH AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.781-785, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06164.pdf

"APPLYING REINFORCEMENT AS A TECHNIQUE TO TEACH SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE TO THELEARNERS OF ENGLISH AT THE TERTIARY LEVEL", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp781-785, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRAG06164.pdf