Strategies for improving listening Comprehension skill among ESL Learners in engineering colleges

Abstract

The doctoral work had been an endeavour made to find the practical newlinedifficulties faced by the low level second language listeners in the engineering newlinecollege in processing the listening comprehension and in ascertaining the ways newlineand means in rectifying it To diagnose the problem a study was undertaken with newlinea listening comprehension test and self reporting questionnaire to report the newlineproblem in the listening process Based on the problems identified and the newlineattitude of the informants towards the listening class a mixed method of newlineimparting listening module was framed on the platform of Krashen s theory of newlineaffective filter newlineIn Indian context demonstrating communication skills shows success path newlinein the on campus recruitment for engineering students As most students lack newlinecommunication skill they are not industry ready Infosys 2008 It is newlinemandatory for undergraduate students studying in engineering Colleges to learn newlinethe global language English It helps them in their career upliftment besides newlinepursuing higher education Corporate and foreign universities expect the recruits newlineand students who pursue higher studies to have proficiency in the international newlinelanguage For this they expect them to have good band score in IELTS TOEFL newlineTOEIC etc These international exams give equal importance in testing all the newlinefour skills Since Listening skill is the base for language learning it has an newlineimportant place in these tests newline newline