Why is there a scarcity of English speakers?

Because there is no teaching of English in real sense or whatever is taught doesn't help students get English which they can use in their daily life. Teachers teach only or mainly grammar. So we know grammar but we don't know how to use English. And this is true of most of the English teachers and even professors; of course a few honourable exceptions are always there. in short ... We have no exposure to English. We don't have the first hand experience of speaking English, listening to it and reading and writing it. So we are always deprived of achieving the basic skills of language learning - Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking and Conversing.

What do we do to get English

We only talk about English, we don't know English. Teachers teach English so much that students get hardly any opportunity to learn it.

Most of us try the materials like books, CDs, guides etc. available in the market. Many people prefer to go to the English speaking classes. But in spite of doing all these efforts their wish to learn English doesn't get fulfilled. Because most of the bazar materials available are nothing but garbage; there is no quality.

People producing teaching materials as well as conducting classes do not have any training in the teaching of English. Neither do they know English in real sense. Though there are books from a few Indian English Language Experts, most of them are with theoretical approach and without bilingual support. Hence they are hardly useful to learners.

Materials produced by the native speakers don't have Indian students in mind and again they don't provide any bilingual support. Though the leaning materials are excellent, they aren't understood by our learners. Apart from this there is no after sale service or support system available to the learners. So even though we get the quality materials, they don't help us to get English.

The fact is ... We don't get English.