LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13 : 2 February 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
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The Status of English Language in Uttar Pradesh and Its Impact on Technical Communication Teaching

Asha Choubey, Ph.D.
Meenakshi Harraw Verma, M.A.

Abstract

Technical Communication or Professional Communication is a compulsory subject in the first year of professional courses. It is being taught with an objective to enhance the level of communication skills of students pursuing these courses. But, practically the teaching of technical communication/professional communication has taken the place of a theoretical subject. Students merely go to few books to learn questions on effective communication skills, speaking skills, listening skills, presentation skills or business correspondence while its purpose would have been to enhance the verbal and non-verbal communication skills to efficiently carry out the duties in a professional set up. An attempt is being made to study the teaching-learning environment of English to find out its impact on the teaching of technical communication.

Introduction

The ability to speak and write clearly is not only important to the communication of technical concepts; it is an essential part of the innovation process itself. Translating an idea into the written word is one of the better ways of validating the soundness of one's thinking.
(Ian M. Ross, President. AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, NJ)

The above statement shows the importance of communication in professional life. In view of the above statement, it can be said that teaching of Technical Communication has become an inevitable part of professional education. As it covers business and scientific writing in English, it is treated as a sub-field of English Language Teaching. Good communication skills in writing and speech both have become a key to success in the present time. All professionals are required to have effective communication skills. The time has gone when the matter was dictated to the secretary and it used to be the secretary’s duty to look for all technical features while preparing the final script. With the increasing role of Information Technology, today, all managers, engineers and other professionals are supposed to do all their writing through computers. Therefore, they are supposed to acquire knowledge of the content to be produced and knowledge of the document to be produced. They are also required to be familiar with the use of computers. They have to carry out routine correspondence, telephonic communication, video conferencing, facsimile messages. Therefore, it becomes their prime need to develop efficiency in technical communication, and to have this efficiency, they need to know the language. The language works as a tool in their hands to prove their skill. Those who fail in expressing themselves, fail to achieve success too.

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Dr. Asha Choubey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Humanities & Applied Sciences
Institute of Engineering & Technology
MJP Rohilkhand University
Bareilly 243123
Uttar Pradesh
India
asha.choubey@yahoo.com

Meenakshi Harraw Verma, M.A., PGDTE (Corresponding Author)
Associate Professor
Department of Professional Communication
Invertis University
Bareilly-243123
Uttar Pradesh
India
meenakshi.v68@gmail.com
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