LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 15:11 November 2015
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.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
         N. Nadaraja Pillai, Ph.D.
         Soibam Rebika Devi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Managing Editor: Swarna Thirumalai, M.A.

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English for Engineering Students in Tamilnadu -
Listening: Speech Recognition Complexities

G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
D. Nagarathinam, Ph.D.
M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.

Abstract

This brief note discusses making arrangements for engineering students to develop adequate listening skill in English. They have the need to understand a number of varieties of English they may come across while studying and at work. Most of these students come from small towns and rural areas where English is not spoken on a regular basis. Listening to English utterances is almost nonexistent. Writing in English may be used in offices more than speaking and listening (English used in the latter to categories may be mixed with local language). Reading in English is also not very strong. Most of these students get exposed to listening in English only through classroom activities. Person to person conversational listening is also not frequent and adequate. The note offers some suggestions to improve speech recognition skills of engineering students in Tamilnadu.

Keywords: Varieties of English, listening, writing, speaking, reading, rural students, classroom English.

Classroom Use as the Major Part of English Usage in College

Most students in engineering colleges in Tamilnadu come from small towns and rural areas. Most engineering colleges are also located in rural parts, adjacent to small towns and major cities in Tamilnadu. Opportunities to learn and use English are available for individual students mainly through classroom instruction and classroom activity. Even students coming from English medium schools have difficulty in engaging themselves in conversation through English. Progressively over the years they overcome their shyness and hesitation or reluctance to speak in English. Yet their performance at the end of their senior year in the engineering college is not adequate for work situations in private companies.

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G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
Dean and Professor
Faculty of English & Foreign Languages
Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed University)
Gandhigram
Dindigul 624 302
Tamilnadu
India
rgbaskaran@gmail.com

D. Nagarathinam, Ph.D.
Principal
Theni Kammavar Sangam College of Technology
(Via) Veerapandi
Theni-625 534
Tamilnadu
India
Dnagarathinam1960@gmail.com

M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Faculty Member
University of Phoenix, AZ
USA
thirumalai12@email.phoenix.edu
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