Sustainable development of bachelor of arts students in communication skills through task based language teaching

Abstract

English is an international language. It is one of the languages used widely in the fields of law, international business, medical etc. In the era of globalization Communication Skills has huge importance. In the field of Arts English language has immense importance. Students studying Art courses need to have command over oral skill in preparation of today’s globalized context. After obtaining the degree in Arts students start to search jobs in the fields such as writing, law, public relations, journalism, linguistics, politics,publishing, psychology, social work, management, marketing, public policy, civil services. To grab the opportunities in these fields it’s very important for Art students to have competency over communication skills in English. It is quiet challenging for teachers to teach Communication Skills in the BA classrooms where students learn English as a second language. Apart from traditional methods innovative methods need to be followed for the sustainable development of Communication Skills of BA students.Sustainable development of Communication Skills is a need of time. The present paper focuses on the need of sustainable development of Communication Skills of BA students in English. It has been observed that many Arts graduate students fail to communicate effectively and therefore they are fail to grab good opportunities. There are several approaches and methods of teaching Communication Skills.Task based language learning can be helpful to develop communication skills of students of Bachelor of Arts.Communication Skills are beneficial for students to connect the opportunities across the world. The use of activitybased language learning is an effective method to develop communication skills of BA students. Activity based language learning provides an opportunity to learners to express themselves and develop competency among them.