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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Integration of Skills in English Language Teaching for
Engineering Students

Veena Vinod, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

Abstract

The increasing specialisation of content in English teaching curricula saw its beginning in the early 1960s. Teaching of English generally is treated as teaching with utilitarian purpose. The concept of ESP (English for specific purpose) is said to be particularly appropriate for teaching English to students of Science and Technology. This paper focuses on teaching English language for Engineering students to develop communicative competence for career development.

The paper argues that language learning is a skill – oriented activity and needs an entirely different pedagogic approach from the one used for other convention courses. The students in technical institutions need to be trained in the skills that help them build a career in corporate world.

The paper discusses the methods, means and techniques of integrating skills in an ELT classroom. Integrating skills through activities helps to train the students in acquiring effective communicative competence in English.

Introduction

English language usage taught at the school level is less communicative in nature, but consists more of how the syntactic rules of English operate. Generally adults use English language only when associated with an occupational, vocational, academic or professional requirement. When needs are clear, learning aim can be defined in terms of these specific purposes under which the language content are tailored. This results in focussed teaching such that the learner picks up communicative ability in the required area. The results can be impressive where such a requirement for communicative ability is matched with specially designed materials relevant to the needs of particular students. The concept of ESP is said to be appropriate for teaching English to students of Science and Technology.

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Veena Vinod, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate
Lecturer in English
Also Research Scholar, Kuvempu University, Shimoga
JNN College of Engineering
Shimoga 577201
Karnataka
India
veena.shimoga@gmail.com
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