VIJAYAWADA: Students who can speak and write English with confidence will have better ‘employability’ than those who are thorough with grammar but cannot speak the language fluently, according to British Council senior training consultant Bruce Javes.
Mr. Javes said at a programme on Wednesday that the British Council, in association with the LANCO Institute of General Humanitarian Trust (LIGHT), was training college teachers under a unique programme called ‘English for Employability’. He said teachers were being trained in new methods of teaching English language under the programme. “In the new participative technique, students learn the language with greater ease,” he said.
Mr. Javes observed that the standard of English spoken and written by students in India was very high, but there was a great deal of variation depending on the place. Vijayawada MP and LIGHT board chairman Lagadapati Rajagopal said English lecturers from 21 colleges -- 11 from the city and nine from the rural areas of Krishna district -- were trained under the ‘English for Employability’ programme by experts of the British Council. These teachers would, in turn, train another 20 teachers under the supervision of the British Council. Each of these 40 teachers would train 50 final year degree students over 60 days.
Mr. Rajagopal disclosed that a Passport Mela would be held in the city on July 12 and 13. Former Mayor Jandhyala Sankar, MLC Ilapuram Venkaiah and LIGHT executive director R.S. Sharat were present.
(Source : The Hindu)
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