International Journal of English Literature and Social Sciences Vol-7, Issue-2; Mar-Apr, 2022 Journal Home Page Available: https://ijels.com/ Journal DOI: 10.22161/ijels IJELS-2022, 7(2), (ISSN: 2456-7620) https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijels.72.40 289 Language Laboratory: Communication Skills Dr. Amol Bute Assistant Professor, Department of English, Gaya College of Engineering, Gaya Bihar, India Email: buteamolr@gmail.com Received: 30 Mar 2022; Received in revised form: 15 April 2022; Accepted: 19 April 2022; Available online: 24 April 2022 ©2022 The Author(s). Published by Infogain Publication. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Abstract— Language lab is essential according to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) for technical institutions. Language lab provides the scope to the students to improve their communication skills with the help of the technology. The present study aims at finding out whether language lab activities help the budding engineering students of Bihar to improve the communication skills along with the confidence in expressing the ideas or thoughts at any platform. Results show that the use of language lab helps the engineering students in language skills enhancement, if students do the regular practice. Keywords— Language Lab, Listening Skills, Speaking Skills, Reading Skills, Writing Skills. I. INTRODUCTION Four years stay of the engineering students in the respective departments of the college and their involvement in various activities helps the teacher to observe their problems like stage fear, problem in expression, lack of confidence, writing the script of the program, reading the introduction of the guests etc. These are the common problems in the Engineering Colleges and if these problems are neglected, the employability skills and ultimately placement of the students will be hampered. Confidence in communication skills is the base of successful professional career. Employable engineers have huge opportunities in the engineering job market. Communication skill is the main component of employability skills. Engineering colleges, specially, Training and Placement Officer puts much effort to organize the placement. Many times companies are interested to hire the fresher Engineers but they get disappointed with the performance of the students in the form of soft skills, especially in the form of clear expression of the ideas which are in their mind. This study aims at answering the questions 1. Is language laboratory useful in teaching communication skills to the Engineering Students of Bihar? 2. Do language lab activities help the student to gain the confidence in Communication Skills? Thus, the study assumes that the language lab activities will probably improve the listening, speaking, reading and writing skills to the engineering Students of Bihar and boost the confidence among them while using English language as a tool for communication skills. II. RATIONAL FOR THE STUDY Students Induction Program, according to the AICTE mandates, have been organized in Gaya College of Engineering, Gaya which provided the opportunities to analyze the status of the soft skills of the newly admitted students for Engineering courses practically. As a part of this program, Diagnostic test for English was conducted by the department of English. The test was designed in such a way that the language components required for the improvement of Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening are to be evaluated. In the evaluation of this test it is found that the students have sufficient knowledge of grammatical entities. 81 students were participated in this test out of which 69 students scored more than 50. Apart from the formal diagnostic test, the students were evaluated on practical base by involving them in various activities like anchoring of the program, interacting with the guests,