Impact of Blended Learning on Engineering Students in Indian Context (Published)
The advancement of information technology results in the phenomenal changes in the wide area of education system. Blended learning is the potential upshot of advanced technology based learning scheme. The use of latest e-learning channels and technologies has started facilitating the teaching learning process. Computers and mobiles are the most widely used e- learning materials in the blended learning education system. The charm of blended learning approach lies in the method of adapting technology aided learning methods apart from the existing conventional learning methods. The negative aspects of traditional learning approach are covered by enhancing the overall learning as well as teaching experience with the use of modern technology. This study focuses on the impact of blended learning on the engineering students in our country. There are certain challenges in blended learning in India but in the current scenario of pandemic outbreak, it has a huge significance in our education system. The challenges which the society of our country is likely to face are due to the students from dissimilar backgrounds and their inflexibility, time unavailability and unawareness of using technology. Blended learning is a varied educational paradigm that offers addressing these challenges. The study proves the impact of blended learning in the engineering students of India that it leads to the improvement in the knowledge of their subject topics as well as the improvement in their overall achievement.
Citation: Meena Gullur (2022) Impact of Blended Learning On Engineering Students in Indian Context, International Journal of English Language Teaching, Vol.10, No.4, pp.,13-19
Keywords: Engineering students, Information Technology, blended learning, face to face learning, learning impact
An ESP Course Design for Postgraduate Students of Engineering at Badji Mokhtar Annaba University (Published)
This paper aims at designing a technical English course for postgraduate students of Engineering at Badji Mokhtar Annaba University. The course design is based on thorough needs analysis taking into consideration needs analysis concepts forwarded by Hutchinson and Waters (1987) and Dudley-Evans and St.Johns (1998). Through a pilot study, the postgraduate students of engineering at Badji Makhtar Annaba university declared that they need to have courses in technical English in order to read and understand the newly updated researches in English, to take part in classroom discussions and to be able to write their own final doctoral project article without referring to experts for the translation from French into English. Thus English for Specific Purposes (ESP) course design is expected to be beneficial to the aforementioned group of learners. The needs analysis in this action research was conducted through the use of different tools. The results revealed that all postgraduate students of Engineering need to learn an ESP course for the development of the predominant skills of reading and writing first, followed by speaking and listening and translation as a fifth skill.
Keywords: ESP, Engineering students, Technical English, academic needs, course design