LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 10 October 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Using Reading and Audio-Visual Materials to
Develop Communication Skills of the Engineering Students

G. Livingston, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate

Abstract

This paper attempts to explore the possibilities of developing communication skill of engineering students through reading and audio-visuals materials. In the present paper, the students of an Engineering institution were taken as subjects to help them develop communication skills through cognition. Two kinds of activities were used to develop their communication skills. In the first type of activity, the students were asked to watch a documentary clipping and to answer two important questions. This exercise enabled the students to use the English language without worrying about the errors they might commit. In the second type of activity, the students were asked to read from a selected piece of material and interpret the material they read.

The results show that these two materials helped them to enhance communication skills of the engineering students.

Introduction

Reading has always been regarded has an important skill in teaching and learning English as a Second Language (ESL). The reading skill is important because it stimulates thinking, compels students to analyze and criticize. In other words, reading helps effective communication. In the industrial work environment the students are expected to decide individually or with a group. When they hold an important position, they have to handle different situations including managing the workers, deciding the shape of the products, increasing the products, etc., for which they have to communicate. Acquisition of communication skill demands proper selection of materials and facilitation of the teacher.

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G. Livingston, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. Candidate
Teaching Fellow
Anna University
Chennai - 600 044
Tamilnadu
India
livingstonacademic@gmail.com
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