The world today has became a universal village with English as the common language. Therefor it is necessary that in the competitive world particularly the younger generation should be conversant with it.
It is unfortunate that since gaining Independence successive governments as a vote catching device, promised to give pride of place to the Sinhala language. But in actural fact it led to the deterioration of the English Language.
It is an urgent necessity to stimulate school children to equip themselves with competent bilingual capacity through a well-planned school curriculum. More English complementary readers should be prescribed in order to introduce a wider vocabulary and constant practice of grammer to our youngsters.Gaining a full knowledge of and skill in spelling and pronunciation should be made a must too.
