There is an incessant gap between language acquisition and adoption of modern technologies, especially in semi-urban parts of economically growing countries in Asia. There is a need to establish infrastructure for Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL), Information Communication Technology (ICT), Virtual Reality (VR), and Augmented Reality (AR) to enrich English Language Teaching. Though these types of establishments instil confidence and fluency among English learners, investment in procurement, running costs towards maintenance and service cost deter institutions from establishing Language Labs and Language studios. The objective of this study was to establish Mobile-Assisted Language Learning (MALL) in higher education institutions and enhance English fluency and accuracy with minimal operation and low maintenance cost. The study also methodologically shortlisted open-source mobile applications based on users' feedback on their user-friendliness, skill-levels, content, and options that promote Learners' Autonomy. A quantitative true-experimental study was conducted at the Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India, to develop the listening skills of (n=121) students of first-year Bachelor of Technology in a varied branch. The pre-test and post-test results revealed improvements in the experimental group. The findings would immensely help the underprivileged to serve ESL learners from any part of the globe who intend to enhance their proficiency in English.
A number of methods have been experimented to improve fluency and accuracy of second language learners in English. In acquisition of fluency in oral communication, the second language learners have many obstacles such as lack of exposure and lack of opportunities. Focus on the skills targeted and individualization of attention are needed to accomplish the objectives. The objective of this article is to enable second language learners to gain fluency in English through the use of Voice Assistant in L2 classrooms. A number of Voice Assistants were experimented to find out the suitable application for the study. The study was carried out in a university in India to find out the effectiveness of Voice Assistant for enhancing fluency. The hypothesis was tested with forty students. Pre-test and post-test were conducted to find out the fluency level of the Experimental and the Control Groups through audio analysis. The data was analyzed to indicate the significance of the method. The progress of the learners experimented with Voice Assistant was most encouraging, and they found this method quite appropriate and easy too in acquisition of oral fluency.
Toba Tek Singh by Manto is one of the finest short stories that capture the mood and the anxiety of the partition while still being satirical and ironic. This short story poses problematic questions when it is called a 'fictive testimony'. This article attempts to deal with the problem of genre classification and how this genre category needs to be understood without being completely ignored. A genre label is not seen here as a final verdict about what the text should be or a cage within which a piece of literature is once and for all locked. Rather, it tries to look at the genre label as that which highlights a function of the text thereby reiterating the fact that a work of literature stands beyond the genre categorisation. The label ‘Fictive Testimony’ is therefore interpreted as underlining a function that the short story serves to accomplish – giving voice to the voiceless.
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