LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 22:10 October 2022
ISSN 1930-2940

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Status of English Language Knowledge in Technical Education

B.A. Mahalakshmi Prasad. M.A.

Abstract

This paper looks at language acquisition of students studying in B.Tech. in the city of Bhopal. Madhya Pradesh, India. The Study was conducted in a prestigious engineering college of Bhopal. The study also tries to analyse the reason for the lack of adequate English language acquisition in the students.

Introduction

English is the lingua franca and proficiency in English language has become prerequisite for students to be gainfully employed.

Various studies have enumerated a lack of knowledge of language skills and soft skills in STEM professionals.

A distinct paucity of research related to the teaching-learning of soft skills among STEM professionals highlights the important fact that students and institutions approach the subject and development of soft skills with a frivolous attitude (Ríos Carmenado, López, & García, 2015; Veiga, 2017; Pereira & Costa, 2017).

Employability can be read as the possessing of skills that are prerequisite to seeking a job and efficiently discharging one’s responsibilities required at the job. It has further dimensions that can be categorised as the ability to transfer the knowledge to others inside the organisation, Zaharim et al. (2009) Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OCED commission, which India is a member of, addresses the issue of employability and defines it is “as the ability to evaluate, access, communicate and analyze information—both interpreting text-based information and handling mathematical data” (OECD, 2015). The commission also highlights the need for sound technical knowledge, management skills, teamwork and soft skills.

The National Statistics Office (NSO) titled “Households Social Consumption: Education” revealed that 37% students are educated in the rural areas and the rest of the students are from vernacular. The Survey also stresses that only 17% of students of the total study in English medium schools. These statistics reveal that when the student completes his schooling and joins B.Tech. degree course, he joins the course with a lacuna in the language domain both in expression and reception. To counteract this, remedial language class wherein basics of English and English grammar are conducted.

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B.A. Mahalakshmi Prasad. M.A.
Sagar Institute of Science and Technology
Ratibad, Bhopal
Madhya Pradesh, India
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