Teaching Communication Skills among Prospective Engineers using Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
Keywords:
Communication Skills, Prospective Engineers, Blended Approach, Need-based ELT ProgrammeAbstract
This article includes an introduction and discussion about designing and planning the writing and speaking skills among engineering students for their overall personality development and growth. Further, the study will present different types of approaches which will be used in combination as they will fascinate the learners and make them achieve positive planned learning results, these types of combination approaches are referred to as the Blended approaches. These approaches will help us in designing and executing a need-based ELT Programme.
In this modern world communication skills plays a major role for individuals. Learners from different backgrounds like Science, Commerce, Arts, Technology or Medicine, etc. All learners need communication skills. Communication Skills is a process of exchanging idea, thoughts, emotions, feelings, and expressions. Without communication, it is not possible to expand your language or your business. Here the researcher has shed light on the importance of communication skills among prospective engineers. In the engineering field, it is most important for engineers to communicate with the people for their business. If they want to perform well in the business or want to become a skilled professional then they must give importance to their communication Skills. To develop communication skills, one should give importance to task-based language teaching. The tasks should be designed to keep in mind the level of the learners. With the TBLT the learners can improve their communication skills by performing different tasks in the classroom and become skills professionals.
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