Abstract
The present concepts of communication skills are mostly western. Large number of students who pursue higher studies in the government and private institutions and engineering colleges come from Hindi medium. English has always been a subject that induces fear and students have at best maintained a distance from the subject right from the schools. English has never been taught to them in an interesting and unconventional manner. Add to this, the pandemic has forced them to attend class online. It has added to their woes. This paper focuses on new methods that can be inducted to make teaching of communication skill concepts educating as well as entertaining.’ especially during online classes. The paper suggests methods and few examples that can help to make the concepts clear to the students not only for passing the examinations but also in real life situations to communicate effectively and without hesitation. The paper suggests allusions from Indian mythologies, world events, use of props and movies can be used by the teacher to make the classroom teaching effective and the outcome of these methods also serves the ultimate objective of the course. The objective of the paper is to equip a teacher with more powerful tools to make the communication concepts clear.
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