The English Proficiency Course with online support from Skills Anytime

Chandigarh, June 28, 2019: The English Proficiency Course was started in June 2019 and the batch of students will continue learning till May 2020 with online support from Skills Anytime, the online partner. The Department of English and Cultural studies initiated a vacation batch of the English proficiency Course in the month of June. The Course ran smoothly and successfully. The participants were a heterogeneous group of ten candidates ranging from teenagers to a senior citizen varying immensely in their levels of proficiency. The English Proficiency Course covers the skills of language – Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing – along with the practice of grammar. It aims at filling the individual gap areas as well as collective gap areas due to mother tongue interference. Dr. Meenu Gupta coordinated the course with Prof. Pushpinder Syal as mentor and trainer and Prof. Deepti Gupta as the Chairperson of the Department of English. Along with them, the facilitators – Gurleen, Chanchal. Muskaan, Simrat, Prashant, Pratibha – helped in steering the programme. The success of the course can be gauged by the following feedback quotes: “Thanks a lot. It’s really worth.” “don’t want this to end”. The department will continue to train more students through the year.