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THE ROLE OF CHRONOLOGICAL PATTERN
IN THE PROGRESSION OF PROFESSIONAL
COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE LAB
ACTIVITIES
IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING
AS A SECOND/FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN INDIA
DR RICHA TRIPATHI
A.P. (ENGLISH),
Dept. Of Applied Sciences And Humanities
JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus (JEMTEC)
Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, INDIA
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Abstract: This paper is an attempt to find out the most suitable and the preferable sequence of language laboratory activities
for English language learning with a proper emphasis on its necessities along with guidelines and strategies for English
language teachers. It enables teachers to perform such outcome-based lab practices for students so they find it irresistible
to learn English as a preferred medium for efficient communication. The study aims at the importance of the relationship
between knowledge, language, and communication. In Colleges, The Language Labs are necessary for young Indian
students to raise the standard of their way of expressing massages-verbally and non-verbally in English. There is no question
about it that language laboratory is very essential for graduate and postgraduate students in India connected to technical,
management, art, commerce and other streams. In addition, the study mentions the dynamic, well sequential format of
English language laboratory activities encompasses every student of the diverse echelon of understanding and knowledge
from basic to advanced level. This exploration covers all the best possible practices in their required sequence. Conducting
spoken practices with students needs experienced scrutiny as Language competence must be applied practically with ease.
During Language Lab sessions, students hesitant to participate due to lack of confidence, fear, and any other inexplicable
reason. This paper serves as a guide to English language teachers to follow a guided format of the obligatory sequence of
language lab activities for resulting in positive outcomes overcoming barriers of communication with students. This
sequence boosts active and comprehensive participation and gradual but constant learning of the English language. This
sequence helps revitalize the pedagogy of English language teaching and awakens educators of English language to the
right path for productive outcomes coming out from students. This study aimed at non-native speakers of English seeking
to improve their ability to present clearly and effectively in English as a second and foreign language for specific purposes.
Index Terms - - Language Laboratory Activities, English Language, Spoken English Practices, Communication
Skills, Soft Skills, Personality enhancement, Linguistic proficiency
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I. INTRODUCTION
In the digitally advanced and excessively competitive era, everyone is struggling to compete in the never-ending
race with one another so that they can find their places in a social and professional setup. As India is the second largest
populated country in the world, the survival of the fittest is even harder. India was under British rule for a long period; their
influence on the Indian mindset is self-evident in the various ways such as culture, clothing or language. The concoction of
Hindi and English is a live example of it. In today’s professional setting, knowing the English language has become the
utmost necessity. Mostly academic, business, political, professional conversations take place in English languages in India.
Technical students in India are more comfortable in thinking and expressing their views in their own native language as it
is hard for them to think and speak directly in the English language. Although English is preferred over any other regional
or native language or Hindi since English has secured its place as a global language and the recruiters and employers of the
multinational companies fancy English during interactions and conversations. The English language consists of universal
importance and especially when it comes to communication, connection and exchanges due to digital technology and that
is why the English language is considered as an ideal language to win the sphere. Indian degree and diploma holders are
facing the most unpleasant problem of being highly ineffective in spoken English. No one can read one’s mind so it is
crucial to express. Knowing what to say is not enough, but how to say is equally imperative in the contemporary society.
One’s command over language based on one’s selection of appropriate words, phrases and clauses, framing of correct
sentences, grammatical accuracy, unambiguous expression, fluency, pace, pauses, pronunciation, kinesics, speech
deliveries, etc. Grammar can be learned through grammar books but when it comes to speaking ability in English language,
it shall come with practice, practice and practice. The more one practices, the more one will be able to think directly in
English while expressing it orally. One can never learn to speak if one is not enthusiastic and interested in trying to speak.
In Indian scenario, native social settings function as a barricade to learn and speak Standard English because it's filled with