A Study of Selective English Language Lab Activities towards Honing Soft Skills by Using  Analytical Hierarchy Method

Abdul Majeed; Gitasri Mukherjee; Shaik Baba Naseeruddin; M.A.RawoofSayeed; V. Shyam Prasad

doi:10.5269/bspm.78539

Authors

Abdul Majeed Muffakham jah college of engineering & technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0286-0042
Gitasri Mukherjee Muffakham jah college of engineering & technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0865-141X
Shaik Baba Naseeruddin
M.A.RawoofSayeed Nalla narasimha reddy education society's group of institutions https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0317-1492
V. Shyam Prasad Neil gogte institute of technology https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7966-1682

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5269/bspm.78539

Abstract

TheFourthIndustrialRevolutionischaracterizedbytheseamless integrationofdigital tech
nologiesintoindustrialoperationsandsystems.Thetwenty-firstcenturyisawitnesstounparalleledadvance
mentsindatagenerationandconnectivity, sophisticatedanalytics,andincreasinglyseamlesshuman-machine
interaction. Theprofessionalarenahassignificantlybeenreshapedasthere isaccelerationinadoptingnew
technologies,drivenbytheneedtoremainrelevantinthecurrentcompetitiveglobalmarket.Foranengineer
inggraduate, thedigital shift inthe industryhasheightenedtheneedtobeequippedwiththetechnological
competencysincetheyarerequirednotonlytounderstandtraditionalengineeringprinciplesbutalsotopos
sesstheaptitudetoworkwithemergingtechnologieswhichinturnenablesthemtoinnovate, solvecomplex
problemswitheaseandcollaborateeffectivelyindigitallyintegratedplatforms. However, theemployability
andsustenance inthe industry,fightingalloddsarenotguaranteedonlybyacquiringthehardskills.Tech
nicalcompetenceoncecomplementedbytheessentialsoftskillscanensureholisticprofessionalgrowthforan
engineeringgraduateresultingintoenhancedworkefficiencyandsustainedrelevance. TheEnglishlanguage
labsinengineeringcollegesacrossIndiacancatertotheseneedsbyeffectivedesigningofvariouslabactivities
suchasdebates, groupdiscussions, roleplays, powerpointpresentations just tonameafew. Inthis study
theauthorsadoptedtheAnalyticalHierarchyProcess(AHP)asadecision-makingtool toassessthe impact
ofdifferent labactivitiesandidentifythemost in-demandsoftskill inthecurrentprofessional landscape.