Communicative English Trainer

This module focusses on developing a set of skills and positive qualities that are essential for success in personal, social, and professional spheres. They include our ability to understand and manage ourselves and communicate our ideas, thoughts, and feelings effectively. Communicative skills, both verbal and non-verbal, are vital components of social skills.

Professional skills are specific technical and personal skills, needed for successful professional development. This module introduces the students to strategies that can assist in the acquisition of these skills. Also called hard skills and soft skills, these can be acquired by coaching and through constant practice.

This module gives practice in vocabulary, structure, pronunciation and listening, in order to prepare students for various job-related tests. The units give, through task-based activities, systematic practice in overall LSRW skills, with special emphasis on Listening. In addition, the module gives intensive practice in vocabulary and grammar through structured exercises. The module contains model tests from international English language tests based on former question papers.

This module contains systematic instructions for planning and presenting a project with an approach called project-based learning (PBL). In PBL, students explore real-world problems and challenges and develop cross-curriculum skills while working in small collaborative groups. Project-based learning is engaging and active and is designed to give you self-direction and confidence through both team-based and independent work. In the process of completing your project, you will gain organisational and research skills, integrate technology into your work, and develop better communication with peers and adults.

The IT course under ASAP deals with basic IT skills. These include skills in typical Office Applications like Word Processing, Presentation and Spreadsheet; and the use of the Internet for information access, communication and carrying out online transactions. Students learn to do these in both Malayalam and English. In addition, the programme familiarizes the students with Image Editing tools and the basics of Operating Systems and Networking.