English taught to engineering students fall under the category of EST, English for science and technology, which is a sub sect of ESP, English for specific purpose. The chapter discusses on varied literature of elt, importance of communication English, the difference between GE and ESP, LSRW and its importance in learning, importance of communication skills in working world, Business English and its impact on professional life. English has established itself as the most powerful lingua franca in the world. Its importance has grown wider and faster in the working world among professionals as their basic needs. People from various sector have come to realization that English is playing an important and varied roles in the career and growthshow more content
Complete attention is needed in this and technical aspects are given importance.
1.1b) Extensive Listening- In this type students get trained to collect information from what they listen or relish and enjoy any piece of literary work like stories, poems, plays and others. This type of listening does not require complete technical detailing. But are lengthy as they require descriptions to make the listening enjoyable.
1.2) Sub skills ofshow more content
213-214), sub skills of listening involve the following-
Recognising the characteristic English speech sounds, in isolation as well as in combination.
Distinguishing such sounds from the similar sounds in his mother tongue.
Understanding the lexical meanings of words in context and grammatical meanings of structures.
Understanding the meanings conveyed by the stress and intonation patterns.
Grasping the mood of the speaker and the theme of the
Complete attention is needed in this and technical aspects are given importance.
1.1b) Extensive Listening- In this type students get trained to collect information from what they listen or relish and enjoy any piece of literary work like stories, poems, plays and others. This type of listening does not require complete technical detailing. But are lengthy as they require descriptions to make the listening enjoyable.
1.2) Sub skills ofshow more content
213-214), sub skills of listening involve the following-
Recognising the characteristic English speech sounds, in isolation as well as in combination.
Distinguishing such sounds from the similar sounds in his mother tongue.
Understanding the lexical meanings of words in context and grammatical meanings of structures.
Understanding the meanings conveyed by the stress and intonation patterns.
Grasping the mood of the speaker and the theme of the