Importance of English as a Technical Communication Skill

English as a language is important for professional courses. It enhances:

1. Employability skills: Candidates who possess the ability to understand, read, write and speak the language get better opportunity to get a job and retain in to scale heights in their career not only in the corporate, but also in the public sector.

2. Soft skills: Apart from the hard skills that is the ability to acquire technical skills it has become very much necessary to master the art of soft skills equally in the under graduation level to develop the art of articulation in the world of competitive environment when the world has become very small with the access of internet and electronic media at our doorsteps. Being articulate it would be easier to build interpersonal relationship for smooth flow of communication to ensure productivity. The openness of the environment would ensure the confidence in decision making capability .Openness of the ambiance would lead to smart work which steer one to be multitasking.

English as a language gained popularity not until 14th century. Today it is a language of survival and sustenance

Dominance of the British in every part of the world during the 19th and early 20th century by setting up colonies due to industrial revolution made the language richer and richest.

Listening becomes an important skill to foster communication which ensures empathy, trust, confidence, team man ship, handling responsibility with a right frame of mind.

Comprehension ability happens to another important aspect of improving the technical communication skill. For this purpose one need to know the art of reading. Reading skills enable one to have a better understanding of the subject matter with a wide range of vocabulary, proper voice modulation, ability to summarize the subject matter with precision.

Moreover reading with a lucid expression enhances clarity of expression. Writing skills enable one to express the ideas very aptly and reach out to the world far and near. It also tests ones analytical skills, decision making power the basis of building interpersonal relationship with proper interpersonal relations.

Technical communication skills thus pave the way of the future engineers to let out the possibilities that lay hidden within them to express in a global perspective .It is the corporate readiness that will lead them in their future in part of the globe.