Loknete Vyankatrao Hiray Arts Science & Commerce College Panchavati, Nashik, (MS)

Awards /Recognitions

1.Enhancing the Communicative Competence of the Students through Different Initiatives

Objectives of the Practice:

1. To develop the communication skills of the students.

2. To build up the confidence of the students to speak English fluently.

3. To acquaint students with LSRW skills in English.

4. To aware students of different job opportunities in English.

5. To equip students to face global challenges.

The Context:

It has been observed that the students have a phobia of the English language. They cannot communicate in English or use it for practical purposes. In spite of the fact that the English language is our National Link Language and has been in use for almost a century, the students are found lacking in communicative competence in English. The use of multimedia instead of strengthening languages seems to weaken them by availing the options of regional languages. It is true that technology has facilitated multilingualism but in reality, due to multilingualism, the student is the master of none. Students cannot speak their mother tongue without the support of English words nor can they communicate fluently in English. The language used by the present generation is a strange combination of Marathi and English. In the background of globalization, this is going to be a serious issue as it is obvious that students with good communicative competence are going to get better job opportunities.

The Practice:

The Department of English conducts various activities to develop the communicative competence of the students. A Certificate Course in English is one of the activities that help to boost the communicative competence of the students. The UG and PG students from all streams can seek admission to the Certificate Course. The Certificate course in English is developed considering the basic needs of the students. The Course aims to clear the basic concepts of the students about English Grammar.One of the reasons for the student’s inability to communicate in English is the lack of systematic training in English Grammar. Due to incorrect grammar, they cannot communicate in an effective way. The course begins with the teaching of Basic English Grammar. The focus is on drilling and practice of the usage of the tenses in English where the students are likely to make mistakes. Apart from that, it covers the skills required for Business Communication i.e., notices, agenda, minute writing, applications, letter writing, dialogue writing, group discussion, email and fax etc.

The department also conducts an Add-on Certificate course in English. Identifying the impact of the English language on all employability sectors around the world the Add-on Certificate Course in English is designed exclusively to enhance the communication skills of the students and equip them with employability skills. The lack of proper training results in incorrect pronunciation and grammar usage. Whereas, the lack of vocabulary leads to diffidence in interpersonal communication and public speech. It also affects their interview and presentation skills. These are the aspects that need intensively for employment in any sector. Since the course is task and activity based it can develop these skills in the play-way method. Thus, the Add- onCertificate Course in English aims to develop the basic competencies of the students in the English language and opens up the possibility of job opportunities for the students.

Under the Add-on Certificate Course, various task-based activities are conducted. To develop the vocabulary of the students the Spelling Bee competition is conducted. The spelling Bee is basically a competition in which the students are given a broad category of words to spell. One can be in the competition until one can spell the word correctly. Incorrect spelling eliminates students from the competition. The competition is very useful in learning to spell and developing vocabulary. Narration and recitation of a story is another exercise that helps to develop the vocabulary as well as listening skills of the students. To develop the writing skills of the students they are given training in content writing and presentation skills. To prepare students for the jobs they are given training in public speaking and interview techniques. Apart from this, the students are groomed from day-to-day teaching activities. They are continuously encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities like debating, elocution, and essay writing competitions which in turn develop their communicative competence.

Evidence of Success

The students responded positively and enthusiastically toall the initiatives taken by the department for enhancing communicative competence of the students. Every year there are 20 to 30 students from all streams admitted for Certificate Course in English for Business. Add-on Course in English also developed the language-oriented skills of the students. The students of the department participated in various competitions.

ProblemsEncounteredandResourcesRequired

The department faces a number of problems in the execution of the best practice. The students admitted to the college are from rural and tribal background. They come from a background where they did not have good school facilities. Some of them even come from a place where there is only one teacher teaching all subjects. Obviously, the students do not have enough drilling in the English language in the earlier stage. When the student comes to higher education, he is mature enough and necessary grooming becomes difficult. Since the students are from tribal background, they are reluctant to join the certificate courses. The faculty has to struggle a lot encouraging them to enroll in the course, create confidence in them and keep them motivated.

2.Nurturing the Aesthetic Sense of Students through the Screening of Classic Masterpieces.

Objectives of the Practice:

1. To develop a suitable approach to the study of literature.

2. To cultivate the literary temperaments of the students.

3. To cultivate literary attitudes and aptitudes among the students.

4. To develop the literary sensibilities of the students.

5. To sensitize students to the artistic and aesthetic qualities of literature.

The Context:

Literature is described as a mirror of society as it reflects the society around us. But literature is not just an imitation of human life. It is an artistic recreation. It is the delineation of human emotions, and passions as well as multifaceted aspects of the human mind and intricate human relations. It gives us a new insight into human life by projecting the joys and sorrows of it with innumerable combinations. Therefore, literature is capable of giving us a cathartic experience. The study of literature becomes more effective if the students are sensitized to the artistic and aesthetic qualities of literature. The artistic qualities sensitize us to the beauty of literary creation.The aesthetic qualities of literature make us forget the material things around us. They move us and transport us to the seventh heaven. With the aesthetic sense, the experience of reading literature becomes at once a spiritual experience.

The Practice:

The department takes every effort to cultivate the aesthetic sense of the students. The students are trained for the critical analysis of the literature right from the first year of graduation as the specialization of English begins in the first year itself. Various literary devices like figures of speech, allegory and allusions that lead to aesthetic pleasure are introduced to the students. At this stage, the students are acquainted with different forms of literature with their special features. From now onwards every form of literature is taught for its literary values. There is critical appreciation and students are made aware of the artistic and aesthetic qualities in the literary work.

Apart from that, occasionally, there is a screening of certain select classic movies so that students should be able to experience the aesthetic sense. The screening of the movies has an audio-visual effect that has the potential of a strong and lasting impact. The collection of movies includes English movies as well as a few regional movies. At the initial stage, there is a screening of the all-time classic English movie The Sound of Music. The movie is remarkable for its musical quality, lyricism, classical dances and the puritan theme of hard work and discipline. Since it is an all-time favorite, the movie engrosses students, especially at the UG level. Malgudi Days by R. K Narayan is often screened to give the students an experience in regional movies. Since the Sahitya Academy Award-winning novel, The Guide had been prescribed the student were given the live experience of how the fiction can be adapted for the movies by screening glimpses of the movie The Guide. The department has a collection of movies based on George Orwell’s Animal Farm, William Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice and Hamlet, Jane Austin’s Pride and Prejudice, and Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Three Idiots has been one of the favorite movies of the young generation. It is based on Chetan Bhagat’s novel Five Point Someone. Though there is no need for the screening of this blockbuster movie yet we conduct a discussion on the original novel and its adaptation to the screen.

Screening movies can give a closer experience of life as compared to reading literature. Students can understand the varied aspects of human life in a better way. Screening movies can lead to a cathartic effect in a better way. Thus, the students are sensitized to the aesthetic qualities of the literature. They can experience the transportation typical to the aesthetic experience of the literature. Apart from this, the Department has conducted a webinar on the Adaptation of Fiction to Cinema and the webinar gave many insights into both aspects of literature.

Evidences of Success:

Screening movies can avail a number of teaching tools. It helps to develop the listening skills of the students as they keep on listening to the dialogues attentively. The listening skill can develop speaking skills by giving flexibility to language. Watching a movie with a peer group is an exciting experience. Watching movies in association with literature can help us to understand both movies and literature in a better way. It gives us new insights into the complexities of human life leading to aesthetic experiences. The aesthetic sense in literature helps us to become mature towards the problems of human life.

ProblemsEncounteredandResourcesRequired

Since aesthetic sense itself is an abstract idea it is very difficult to make the students understand the concept of Aesthetic sense. With the help of a number of examples, the faculty of the department make the students understand this concept. Again, the aesthetic sense is a subjective concept and it’s difficult to predict what would be one’s response to a given work of art. It also depends upon an individual’s ability to perceive. It is difficult to measure aesthetic sense. The whole process is based on certain assumptions which in turn become difficult to explain. Motivating students is one of the challenges, especially when movies are easily available on their mobile handsets. However, the faculty continue with the work of grooming students in all respect.

Extension Activities

Research Centre Details

a. Year of Introduction - 2022-23
b. Highlights –

• Qualified and Research oriented faculty

•Well -equipped Departmental Library with journals & magazines

• Language Laboratory with Orel- software useful for advanced research

• A collection of films, educational DVDs, and CDs which can serve as effective research tools

• Facility to pursue research in diverse areas and interdisciplinary areas

C.Areas of research -

• Research in Comparative Literature

• Research in Commonwealth and Postcolonial Literature

• Interdisciplinary Research

• Research in Indian writing in English

• Research in Language Acquisition

• Research in Language Acquisition

Research in Language Teaching

Research Guides:

Ph.D. Scholars Registered

Research Projects Completed

On-Going Projects

Research Papers Published

Patents/Copyrights Published/Filed

Conferences Organized

Workshops on IPR and Research Methodology

Research Publications

T. Y. B. A. (Compulsory English) Result

T. Y. B. A. (Compulsory English) Result

M. A. II (English)

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F.Y.B. Com

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S.Y.B.Sc

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T.Y.B.A

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M.A English

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Top Alumni

State Level Conference Organized

State level conference is organized by the department on Postcolonialism and Eco criticism on 5^th & 6^th Feb 2016. In the conference Dr.Milind Malshe,IIT,Powai was the Chief-Guest,and Dr. SatishDeshpande, BAMU Aurangabad, Dr.Shobha Shinde,North Maharashtra University,Jalgaon,Dr.Mabel Fernandis, BAMU Aurangabad, Prin. Dr.A.P. Patil, Ozar College, Dr.Seema Bhaduri,HPT College, Dr.Chetan Deshmane,HPT. were the resource persons.

State Level Seminar on “Digitalization of English Language and Literature Teaching” on 30^th Jan. 2018 11 research scholars presented the research papers on different topics related with the theme of the seminar. Prof. Kishore Nikam was the convener and Dr. Sandeep Wagh was the Coordinator of seminar. The resource persons were as follows

• Dr. MilindMalshe, IIT Powai
• Dr. B. S. Valke
• Principal Dr. P.R.Bhabad
• Dr. Anjali Gautam
• Dr. Chetan Deshmane

Workshops Organized

The faculty of the department organized a workshop for junior college teachers in teaching the new syllabus for XII std class on Nov. 12 and 13, 2007

Net-Set workshop was organized by the department for PG students from (Jan.18) 2012-13.The following Resource Persons guided our students for 2^nd & 3^rd paper of NET/SET.

Extension Service

The faculty of the department participated in spoken English and communication skill programms to provide training for newly appointed judges in Nashik court from Aug.6, 2008 to Aug. 12, 2008.

The faculty was involved in teaching to classes such as M.Sc. Zoology Part I – English for Scientists and BCS - Enriching Oral and Written Communication and now Visionary Gleam.

The faculty has taken some grammar classes for 11^th & 12^th std. students in the academic year 2016-17

The Innovative Practices

The following innovative practices have been followed by department of English.

• ICT methodology has been introduced (Internet Computer Technology)
• Audio-visual centre has been started.
• Language programms, movies, plays are screened frequently according to their need & syllabus.
• Exercises in listening and speaking skills are given by using lingua-phone machines and computer software (Language lab).
• Books are issued regularly to the students and staff.
• ‘A certificate course in English for Business’ has been started since 2007-08.
• The students are availed of opportunity to have wider exposure to the English language, newspapers (The Times of India) & the periodicals,Journals are displayed in the department.
• The students are encouraged to write creatively such as short stories, poems,articles etc. for the College Annual ‘Parijat’.
• In the academic year the students took part in intercollegiate soliloquy Competition held at HPT College on Commemorating Shakespeare 400. PallaviPawar ,M.A.II students bagged 1st prize of Rs.1000/- & also won Best Team Trophy in the competition.
• The students are deputed for paper presentation at inter collegiate level.In the year 2016-17 five students of the department took part in Paper Presentation Competition & Rahul Nair (S.Y.B.A) won second prize of 1000/- Rs.& Mahendra Gaikwad ( M..II) Received consolation prize in it.
• In the academic year 2016-17, Eleven students of the department took part in various debating & elocution competitions held at different places.
• In the academic year 2017-18 two students of MA II won best paper award at Paper Presentation Competition held at BRD Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Nashik-Road, Nashik; Anam Shaikh won the first prize in Best Paper Category and Asmita Rupawate won Second Prize in same Category.
• The department organized Guest Lecture Series for PG students since the year 2013-14.The following Resource Persons Delivered lectures for PG students in these series.

Teaching Faculty