The English Language Lab of Seethalakshmi Ramaswami College helps to enhance the communication skills of students by improving their listening and speaking skills through the help of Audio-Visual lessons and E-modules. The Language Lab sessions aim at developing the personality skills of the students, especially of those who hail from the rural background and of those who are first generation learners, by helping them gain confidence in becoming better users of English.
Goal
- To initiate the I year Undergraduate students into the process of acquiring the skills for communicating in English
Objectives
- To bolster their self-esteem and to build their self-confidence
- To enhance their Listening, Speaking, Vocabulary and Pronunciation skills
- To train them to become better users of English
Facilities
- Laptops
- Need based graded modules developed by the faculty
- Interactive video lessons
- Graded audio lessons
- CDs and DVDs on communication practice
- Books on LSRW skills
- Dictionaries
Syllabus
The syllabus is designed in such a way to promote holistic learning. The content of the syllabus is divided into 15 modules which include self-introduction, greetings, using naming words, pronouns, action words, prepositions, descriptive words in continuous speech, questions and responses in everyday conversation and conversation practice. Intense and rigorous training is given to all the I year undergraduate students to enable them become effective users of English.
Skill Components
- Listening skills
- Comprehension skills
- Interactive skills
- Personality skills
- Telephone etiquette
- Interview skills
Activities
- Self-introduction
- Speech Practice
- Pronunciation Practice
- Responding to Situations
- Conversation Practice
- Argument
- If they meet
- Group discussion
- Role play
- Vocabulary games
- Mock interviews
Learning Outcomes
- Learners become confident users of English as they shed their inhibition in the learning environment
- Learn the scope of using English in the academic and non-academic contexts