Open AccessA STUDY OF IT STUDENTS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNING ENGLISH- ANALYZING THE CAUSES TO MARCH TOWARDS A NEED BASED CURRICULUM
Author(s) -
Jagdish Joshi,
Dilber Gulestan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
towards excellence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0974-035X
DOI - 10.37867/te120543
Subject(s) - syllabus , curriculum , subject (documents) , frame (networking) , inclusion (mineral) , mathematics education , english language , window (computing) , psychology , pedagogy , computer science , telecommunications , social psychology , library science , operating system
English today is a window to the world, a link language and also a cutting edge initiative to be well placed in one's career. In some of the advanced and professional courses, English is included as a part of Curriculum (ESP) In spite of the inclusion of English as a subject , it is found that students are not able to master the language skills according to the demands of Industry. Due to this reason the placement ratio is very low. The reasons for not attaining the desired skills may vary and it may be Student Centric or Academic Centric.This research paper tries to map the attitude of IT students towards learning English and tries to analyze the reasons of students ' like and dislike for English further aiming to frame a Need Based syllabus taking into consideration their responses and brightening their journey with better placements.