Journal of English Language Teaching

Teaching English for Communication in Professional and Technical Education

Deepesh Kumar Thakur

Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, DIT University, Dehradun

Keywords: Communication skills in English, professional communication, technical communication

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Abstract

English has the status of an associate language in India, but in fact it has become the most important language. English in India is used not only for communicating with the outside world, but also for inter-state and intra-state communication. English is very important in some systems – legal, financial, educational and business. English symbolizes in Indians’ minds better education, better culture and higher intellect. However, most Indians who know English often intersperse it with Indian languages in their conversation. It is also usual among Indians to speak fluently in English abruptly in the middle of their conversation. The paper deals with the importance of communicative English language competence in every walk of the professional life of an engineer for his bright future and how teachers and students need to make integrated efforts to build their competency in English, skills that would enable students to be successful in studies, campus interviews and their corporate life.

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