LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 13 : 3 March 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         S. M. Ravichandran, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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Using Multi Media for Training in Soft Skills Training

Dr. Melissa Helen

Importance of Soft Skills Training in a Number of Professional Colleges

The new millennium ushered in an accelerated pace of development in the realm of technology. The repercussions of the rapid changes are witnessed in the liberalization of trade and economy. Liberalisation in turn has led to privitisation and globalization and the subsequent rise of multinational companies -- the ripples of which are seen in the entry of the Multinational companies and outsourcing industry in India.

Liberalisation and privitisation have allowed the Government of India and its regulatory bodies such as AICTE and the University Grants Commission to permit a number of private colleges where technical and professional education is imparted. This has led to the importance of soft skills training in a number of professional colleges. Besides preparing them for placements, the faculty of English is also responsible of grooming students.

The original concept of education and the Idea of a University propounded by Cardinal Newman and others was different than what it happens to be in this age. In the contemporary world, education is closely interlinked with employment. Therefore, students require subjects such as value education and moral science from their school onwards.

Soft Skills and Personality Development Needed in Professional Colleges

At the professional colleges, where the emphasis is on imparting technical knowledge and skills, there is a need for a program in either soft skills or personality development. A soft skills course or a course in personality development cannot be taught in the traditional. In fact when there is emphasis on using ICT enabled methodologies in science and technology, a course that imparts training in personality development cannot ignore the usage of technology. The traditional lecture mode would make the teachers obsolete, the sessions boring, and also impractical in view of the time constraints.

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Dr. Melissa Helen
Associate Professor
Department of English
GITAM Univ.
Hyderabad
Andhra Pradesh
India
h_millie28@yahoo.com
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