Literature Review
Impact of Enhancing Functional English Skills of Engineering Students: A Special Study on the Finishing School Initiative taken by KCG, Gujarat.
Megha Trivedi
Ph.D in English in the faculty of Arts MK Bhavnagar University, Gujarat, India
1. A Table of all works reviewed or considered for review.
Table : 1 Names of the journals and the numbers of books of the relevant articles includes.
Table: 2 Research studies on ESP, EOP, Functional English Skills and Finishing School Initiative.
2. Annotated Bibliography of selected works in an alphabetical order.
1)Ali, Jamal M., et al. “The Effectiveness of Finishing School Programmes from the Perspectives of Graduates and Employers.” Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, vol. 11, no. 2014, 2014, pp. 147–70. Crossref, doi:10.32890/mjli.11.2014.7669.
Researchers have inquired the potency of Finishing School Programmes (HESME) in enhancing graduates employability. The Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia ( MOHE ) introduced this Initiative. Aim of finishing school programmes is to prepare final semester students ready for the industry with some knowledge of functional and soft skills. Researchers have used questionnaire, survey and interview method to collect data from companies, students and employers. This article mainly focuses on graduates' employability skills. Final data analysis shows some positive aspects of this finishing school programmes as well as some critical views which suggest that still this project need to explore as per employers and companies views.
2)Bojan, Rajesh, and Dr. Darsha Jani. “An Exclusive Interview with Dr.Darsha Jani on Towards a Better Education.” Academia.Edu, vol. 7, no. 2018, 2018, pp. 1372–77, www.academia.edu/41021584/An_Exclusive_Interview_with_Dr_Darsha_Jani_on_Towards_a_Better_Education.
Interviewer: Rajesh Bojan has conducted a good interview on 'Towards a better education' and the interviewee : Dr. Darsha Jani provided apt answers of all the questions with detailed explanation and with depth analysis of all the major aspects of the field of education. In the interview very important topics were discussed like curriculum, faculty development programmes, practical education, Finishing School Initiative by KCG etc. She provided fruitful suggestions to students like how life skills played a very vital role for a successful career.
3)Burns, Anne. “Functional Approaches to Teaching Teaching English Grammar to Speakers of Other Languages.” ResearchGate, 2016, pp. 83–105, www.researchgate.net/publication/303939477_Functional_approaches_to_teaching_Teaching_English_grammar_to_speakers_of_other_languages.
Anne Burns examined the importance of functional approach to teaching grammar. Haliday's Functional Approach explained well in this article with some practical examples and discussed and analysed various concepts like ragister and grammar, concept of genre, building block, relationship between spoken and written language etc. This approach can be seen language as a communicative resource and it's goal is to create meaning.
4)Marcu, Nicoleta Aurelia. “Designing Functional ESP (English for Specific Purposes) Courses.” Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 46, 2020, pp. 308–12. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.03.045.
Nicoleta Aurerlia Marcu suggested the apt ways to prepare ESP course, because ESP ( English for Specific Purpose ) is branch of ELT ( English Language Teaching). ESP mainly focuses on 'learners' need' and that is the main reason that ESP is different from general English. This article focuses on functional ESP course design specially English for engineering/ manufacturing. ESP instructor has to use proper methods and materials with EOP ( English for Occupational Purpose) and materials should design according to need of students, as a source of language, as a learning support, for motivation and stimulation and for reference.
5)Saidoddin, Fathima, et al. “FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH AS A SUBJECT IN TECHNICAL COURSE.” ResearchGate, vol. 2, no. 2 June 2012, 2012, pp. 19–24, www.researchgate.net/publication/227945048_FUNCTIONAL_ENGLISH_AS_A_SUBJECT_IN_TECHNICAL_COURSES.
Jessy Koshy, Fathima Samana, Rajesh Gopinath have studied the problems that came to light in teaching functional English as a subject in Engineering colleges. English is a global language and to survive in this era proficiency in English is necessary. Many case studies, survey revealed various possible factors of graduates' unemployment because of lack of knowledge and good command on English language. Therefore knowledge of functional English is very important for all Students here special focus on engineering Students to get appropriate jobs in the market. This research try to analysed and compared syllabus of functional English of engineering students. Through detailed analysis researchers find some major drawbacks like outdated syllabus, faculty issue, more focus on technical subjects etc means application value of this subject is very less. Many problems of students also discussed. At the end this Study suggested certain remedies to improve the efficacy of English subject at engineering level.
3. Reorganise the 'order': Your 'hypothesis' shall guide you in reorganizing. This re-ordering depends on the flow of your arguments. Make your own trajectory.
Nicoleta Aurerlia Marcu suggested the apt ways to prepare ESP course, because ESP ( English for Specific Purpose ) is branch of ELT ( English Language Teaching). ESP mainly focuses on 'learners' need' and that is the main reason that ESP is different from general English. This article focuses on functional ESP course design specially English for engineering/ manufacturing. ESP instructor has to use proper methods and materials with EOP ( English for Occupational Purpose) and materials should design according to need of students, as a source of language, as a learning support, for motivation and stimulation and for reference.
Anne Burns examined the importance of functional approach to teaching grammar. Haliday's Functional Approach explained well in this article with some practical examples and discussed and analysed various concepts like ragister and grammar, concept of genre, building block, relationship between spoken and written language etc. This approach can be seen language as a communicative resource and it's goal is to create meaning.
Researchers have inquired the potency of Finishing School Programmes (HESME) in enhancing graduates employability. The Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia ( MOHE ) introduced this Initiative. Aim of finishing school programmes is to prepare final semester students ready for the industry with some knowledge of functional and soft skills. Researchers have used questionnaire, survey and interview method to collect data from companies, students and employers. This article mainly focuses on graduates' employability skills. Final data analysis shows some positive aspects of this finishing school programmes as well as some critical views which suggest that still this project need to explore as per employers and companies views.
Jessy Koshy, Fathima Samana, Rajesh Gopinath have studied the problems that came to light in teaching functional English as a subject in Engineering colleges. English is a global language and to survive in this era proficiency in English is necessary. Many case studies, survey revealed various possible factors of graduates' unemployment because of lack of knowledge and good command on English language. Therefore knowledge of functional English is very important for all Students here special focus on engineering Students to get appropriate jobs in the market. This research try to analysed and compared syllabus of functional English of engineering students. Through detailed analysis researchers find some major drawbacks like outdated syllabus, faculty issue, more focus on technical subjects etc means application value of this subject is very less. Many problems of students also discussed. At the end this Study suggested certain remedies to improve the efficacy of English subject at engineering level.
Interviewer: Rajesh Bojan has conducted a good interview on 'Towards a better education' and the interviewee : Dr. Darsha Jani provided apt answers of all the questions with detailed explanation and with depth analysis of all the major aspects of the field of education. In the interview very important topics were discussed like curriculum, faculty development programmes, practical education, Finishing School Initiative by KCG etc. She provided fruitful suggestions to students like how life skills played a very vital role for a successful career.
4. Now write introductory and concluding lines. These lines shall be written to 'hook paragraphs' with each other. Write in such a way so the 'transitions' from one paragraph to another helps the 'flow of ideas'.
English language teaching has its own various usage in different ways. So, instructor has to teach English on the basis of learners' specific requirements.Nicoleta Aurerlia Marcu suggested the apt ways to prepare ESP course, because ESP ( English for Specific Purpose ) is branch of ELT ( English Language Teaching). ESP mainly focuses on 'learners' need' and that is the main reason that ESP is different from general English. This article focuses on functional ESP course design specially English for engineering/ manufacturing. ESP instructor has to use proper methods and materials with EOP ( English for Occupational Purpose) and materials should design according to need of students, as a source of language, as a learning support, for motivation and stimulation and for reference. This way Specific use of English language is in demand.
As above research focuses on the functional English for specific purpose, thus language learners should learn functional approach to improve their communication skills which is very much require in workplaces for getting job.
Anne Burns examined the importance of functional approach to teaching grammar. Haliday's Functional Approach explained well in this article with some practical examples and discussed and analysed various concepts like ragister and grammar, concept of genre, building block, relationship between spoken and written language etc. This approach can be seen language as a communicative resource and it's goal is to create meaning.
Many researches and data suggested that many graduates are unemployed because of lack of knowledge of soft skills and Communication skills in English. So in order to fulfill the graduates' needs, government introduced various initiatives. Researchers have inquired the potency of Finishing School Programmes (HESME) in enhancing graduates employability. The Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia ( MOHE ) introduced this Initiative. Aim of finishing school programmes is to prepare final semester students ready for the industry with some knowledge of functional and soft skills. Researchers have used questionnaire, survey and interview method to collect data from companies, students and employers. This article mainly focuses on graduates' employability skills. Final data analysis shows some positive aspects of this finishing school programmes as well as some critical views which suggest that still this project need to explore as per employers and companies views.
All learners should give more focus on learning functional English skills. This research mainly focuses on engineering students.Jessy Koshy, Fathima Samana, Rajesh Gopinath have studied the problems that came to light in teaching functional English as a subject in Engineering colleges. English is a global language and to survive in this era proficiency in English is necessary. Many case studies, survey revealed various possible factors of graduates' unemployment because of lack of knowledge and good command on English language. Therefore knowledge of functional English is very important for all Students here special focus on engineering Students to get appropriate jobs in the market. This research try to analysed and compared syllabus of functional English of engineering students. Through detailed analysis researchers find some major drawbacks like outdated syllabus, faculty issue, more focus on technical subjects etc means application value of this subject is very less. Many problems of students also discussed. At the end this Study suggested certain remedies to improve the efficacy of English subject at engineering level.Thus, engineering students can learn language in a good way.
For better education of students and to make them industry ready government of Gujarat, KCG runs an Initiative - Finishing School Training. This training works as a bridge between after graduation and before placement. Here in this interview Dr. Darsha Jani also mentioned this point.Interviewer: Rajesh Bojan has conducted a good interview on 'Towards a better education' and the interviewee : Dr. Darsha Jani provided apt answers of all the questions with detailed explanation and with depth analysis of all the major aspects of the field of education. In the interview very important topics were discussed like curriculum, faculty development programmes, practical education, Finishing School Initiative by KCG etc. She provided fruitful suggestions to students like how life skills played a very vital role for a successful career. This way finishing school Initiative by KCG, try to put more focuses on both employability skills and Functional English skills.
5. Now write 'Concluding Paragraph' of the 'Review of Related Literature'. Start with clear, strong and concrete statement. Make your conclusions about your 'Literature Review'.
English language can be learn for different purposes. But to learn language for Specific purpose is necessary. Like learning EOP (English for Occupational purpose) for that ESP ( English for Specific Purpose) instructor should prepare proper learning materials and methods as it is discussed above in one of the articles. EOP instructors should put more focus on functional English skills to learn language and teach grammar with the help of functional Approach through various techniques which is beneficial to students to get command over communication skills, writing skills etc as discussed earlier in literature review. These abilities in English language will help graduates to get better job and the problem of graduates unemploybility can be solve easily. For the same purpose Government of many countries are running various initiatives and providing training as it is mentioned in above article that Government of Malaysia running finishing school programmes in higher education to enhance employability skills. In a same way in Gujarat KCG running initiative named finishing school for semester 5 & 6 students in Government colleges. This Initiative focuses more on functional English skills and soft skills which help to make graduates industry ready.
6. Now, write 'Introduction'. The thesis statement shall be 'last' in the Introduction and 'first' in the Conclusion.
Teaching and learning English for Specific purpose, specially for occupational purposes have some challenges. Because generally learners focus on general English which is not satisfy student's occupational need or Specific requirement of English. So, for Occupational purpose learners should have to learn functional English skills. It is directly connect with Communication skills and teach how to use language for Specific function. This learning will help them in their workplaces in a practical use. For this learning practice learners needs proper training or subject of functional English skills in their graduation so, students can accomplish their needs.
Multiviews of practice English language teaching and enhancing functional English skills.
Teaching and learning English for Specific purpose, specially for occupational purposes have some challenges. Because generally learners focus on general English which is not satisfy student's occupational need or Specific requirement of English. So, for Occupational purpose learners should have to learn functional English skills. It is directly connect with Communication skills and teach how to use language for Specific function. This learning will help them in their workplaces in a practical use. For this learning practice learners needs proper training or subject of functional English skills in their graduation so, students can accomplish their needs.
English language teaching has its own various usage in different ways. So, instructor has to teach English on the basis of learners' specific requirements.Nicoleta Aurerlia Marcu suggested the apt ways to prepare ESP course, because ESP ( English for Specific Purpose ) is branch of ELT ( English Language Teaching). ESP mainly focuses on 'learners' need' and that is the main reason that ESP is different from general English. This article focuses on functional ESP course design specially English for engineering/ manufacturing. ESP instructor has to use proper methods and materials with EOP ( English for Occupational Purpose) and materials should design according to need of students, as a source of language, as a learning support, for motivation and stimulation and for reference. This way Specific use of English language is in demand.
As above research focuses on the functional English for specific purpose, thus language learners should learn functional approach to improve their communication skills which is very much require in workplaces for getting job.
Anne Burns examined the importance of functional approach to teaching grammar. Haliday's Functional Approach explained well in this article with some practical examples and discussed and analysed various concepts like ragister and grammar, concept of genre, building block, relationship between spoken and written language etc. This approach can be seen language as a communicative resource and it's goal is to create meaning.
Many researches and data suggested that many graduates are unemployed because of lack of knowledge of soft skills and Communication skills in English. So in order to fulfill the graduates' needs, government introduced various initiatives. Researchers have inquired the potency of Finishing School Programmes (HESME) in enhancing graduates employability. The Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia ( MOHE ) introduced this Initiative. Aim of finishing school programmes is to prepare final semester students ready for the industry with some knowledge of functional and soft skills. Researchers have used questionnaire, survey and interview method to collect data from companies, students and employers. This article mainly focuses on graduates' employability skills. Final data analysis shows some positive aspects of this finishing school programmes as well as some critical views which suggest that still this project need to explore as per employers and companies views.
All learners should give more focus on learning functional English skills. This research mainly focuses on engineering students.Jessy Koshy, Fathima Samana, Rajesh Gopinath have studied the problems that came to light in teaching functional English as a subject in Engineering colleges. English is a global language and to survive in this era proficiency in English is necessary. Many case studies, survey revealed various possible factors of graduates' unemployment because of lack of knowledge and good command on English language. Therefore knowledge of functional English is very important for all Students here special focus on engineering Students to get appropriate jobs in the market. This research try to analysed and compared syllabus of functional English of engineering students. Through detailed analysis researchers find some major drawbacks like outdated syllabus, faculty issue, more focus on technical subjects etc means application value of this subject is very less. Many problems of students also discussed. At the end this Study suggested certain remedies to improve the efficacy of English subject at engineering level.Thus, engineering students can learn language in a good way.
For better education of students and to make them industry ready government of Gujarat, KCG runs an Initiative - Finishing School Training. This training works as a bridge between after graduation and before placement. Here in this interview Dr.
Darsha Jani also mentioned this point.Interviewer: Rajesh Bojan has conducted a good interview on 'Towards a better education' and the interviewee : Dr. Darsha Jani provided apt answers of all the questions with detailed explanation and with depth analysis of all the major aspects of the field of education. In the interview very important topics were discussed like curriculum, faculty development programmes, practical education, Finishing School Initiative by KCG etc. She provided fruitful suggestions to students like how life skills played a very vital role for a successful career. This way finishing school Initiative by KCG, try to put more focuses on both employability skills and Functional English skills.
English language can be learn for different purposes. But to learn language for Specific purpose is necessary. Like learning EOP (English for Occupational purpose) for that ESP ( English for Specific Purpose) instructor should prepare proper learning materials and methods as it is discussed above in one of the articles. EOP instructors should put more focus on functional English skills to learn language and teach grammar with the help of functional Approach through various techniques which is beneficial to students to get command over communication skills, writing skills etc as discussed earlier in literature review. These abilities in English language will help graduates to get better job and the problem of graduates unemploybility can be solve easily. For the same purpose Government of many countries are running various initiatives and providing training as it is mentioned in above article that Government of Malaysia running finishing school programmes in higher education to enhance employability skills. In a same way in Gujarat KCG running initiative named finishing school for semester 5 & 6 students in Government colleges. This Initiative focuses more on functional English skills and soft skills which help to make graduates industry ready.
References
Ali, Jamal M., et al. “The Effectiveness of Finishing School Programmes from the Perspectives of Graduates and Employers.” Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, vol. 11, no. 2014, 2014, pp. 147–70. Crossref, doi:10.32890/mjli.11.2014.7669.
Bojan, Rajesh, and Dr. Darsha Jani. “An Exclusive Interview with Dr.Darsha Jani on Towards a Better Education.” Academia.Edu, vol. 7, no. 2018, 2018, pp. 1372–77, www.academia.edu/41021584/An_Exclusive_Interview_with_Dr_Darsha_Jani_on_Towards_a_Better_Education.
Burns, Anne. “Functional Approaches to Teaching Teaching English Grammar to Speakers of Other Languages.” ResearchGate, 2016, pp. 83–105, www.researchgate.net/publication/303939477_Functional_approaches_to_teaching_Teaching_English_grammar_to_speakers_of_other_languages.
Marcu, Nicoleta Aurelia. “Designing Functional ESP (English for Specific Purposes) Courses.” Procedia Manufacturing, vol. 46, 2020, pp. 308–12. Crossref, doi:10.1016/j.promfg.2020.03.045.
Saidoddin, Fathima, et al. “FUNCTIONAL ENGLISH AS A SUBJECT IN TECHNICAL COURSE.” ResearchGate, vol. 2, no. 2 June 2012, 2012, pp. 19–24, www.researchgate.net/publication/227945048_FUNCTIONAL_ENGLISH_AS_A_SUBJECT_IN_TECHNICAL_COURSES.
