Dr. Arti Kotak
(2024) Vol. 02, No. 01, pp. 12-29
ABSTRACT
This experimental research canvasses the need for effective oral communication skills for engineering students of Saurashtra. This research explains the concept of ‘Effective Oral Communication Skills’. The researcher has encompassed five domains (Communicative Vocabulary, Idiomatic Expressions, Basic Grammar, Body Language, and Pronunciations) to make Engineering Students’ Oral Communication skills effective through multimedia activities. The sample size of this research consisted of 90 Engineering students from three colleges of Saurashtra which were Marwadi Education Foundation’s Group of Institutions Rajkot, Nobel Group of Engineering Institutions-Junagadh and C.U.Shah University-Surendranagar. 30 students were selected from each college. The researcher prepared 50 non-linear multimedia activities by using its five effective tools- text, audio, video, images, and sound. After designing multimedia activities, the researcher prepared a module for the implementation of those activities. The researcher used Experimental Research Methodology for the research. True Experimental Model was used in that methodology. Statistics data analysis of the research proved the importance of multimedia activities and the module for implementing those activities for effective oral communication skills.
Keywords: Need, Concept, and Domains of Effective Oral Communication Skills, Experimental Research Methodology, Multimedia Activities, Implemented module for multimedia activities, and Statistical Analysis