LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 19:11 November 2019
ISSN 1930-2940

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Second Language Learning:
A Case-Study of Engineering Students

Ashish Kumar Pandey

Abstract

This paper explores the impact of students’ area of schooling on their learning of English as a second language through the teaching of Technical Communication. The students selected for the study are from two leading Engineering colleges of Abdul Kalam Technical University—School of Management Science Engineering College and Bansal Institute of Engineering & Technology College, Lucknow. The rationale behind the selection of the sample is that the students in these colleges belong to heterogeneous backgrounds—some hail from urban area whiles the other from rural backgrounds. The study measures their expectations of the learning of four basic language skills—reading, writing, listening and speaking (LSRW) and to what extent the course contributes. Various findings indicate that the rural students have to be particularly attended with care and motivation to bring them to the forefront so that they may have sound communication skills, while urban students have already sound in speaking instead of writing skills. The researcher has distributed 110 questionnaires personally to the student of each college; the students honestly returned the 100%. And the information was analyzed on the basis of SPSS method. The objectives of the research are to be aware of the students towards international scope of English.

Keywords: L2 Learners, ESP, Rural vs. Urban students LSRW skills, ELT, employability skills

1.0 Introduction

In the present age of globalization and rapid advancement of science and technology the demands and proportion of business, trade, commerce and profession has change drastically. It is not enough to manage at the local level alone. Now, one has to have capabilities to deliver at bigger and more complex and diverse levels. There is a need to develop a code of communication to meet these demands. As a consequence, the importance of English language has been established all the more firmly as has been shown, more than once. According to report CNN-IBN in August 2009, 87% people feel that the knowledge of English is important to succeed in life. The knowledge of English is considered to be a ‘passport’ to success in professional life. But this has also thrown new challenges to the learners the nature and suitability of the language is different for people different with profession and circumstances. The nature and discipline of work determines the kind of variety of English language one has to master.

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Ashish Kumar Pandey
Assistant Professor
Department of Humanities & Applied Science
Bansal Institute of Engineering & Technology, A.K.T.U, Lucknow, India
kumar16pandey@gmail.com
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