Effectiveness Of Listening And Speaking Course On Achievement And Attitude Of Undergraduate Students

Research Article
Vikram Kumar L and Nagaraju M.T.V
DOI: 
xxx-xxxxx-xxxx
Subject: 
science
KeyWords: 
Listening and Speaking Course, Competency Based Achievement Test
Abstract: 

English have arisen in different parts of the world. English has thus been nationalized, localized and democratized abroad. In India it has been almost two centuries that English education was introduced and since then it has been playing an important role in our national life, not to mention our educational system. Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) decided to refine the existing curriculum according to the demands of the present day world of Science and Technology and made it possible by introducing a Listening and Speaking Course in General English in all the universities of the state from the academic year 2005-06. After interacting with the teachers and students of degree colleges, the investigator has decided to do a piece of research work in this area. The present paper is discussed about to know the undergraduate students achievement after exposing themselves to the listening and speaking course in English and their attitude towards the course respectively. An achievement test and an Attitude Scale are administered to gather data from 480 undergraduate students from six degree colleges (three governments and three private) in Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh State, India. The result shows that there is a significant relationship between the attitudes of undergraduate students towards Listening and Speaking Course and their achievement in Competency Based Achievement Test. There exists a significant relationship between the attitudes of undergraduate students towards Listening and Speaking Course and their achievement in Competency Based Achievement Test.