ELICITING RICH VOCABULARY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE FOR EMPLOYABILITY

Sep 28, 2026

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The paper examines how eliciting rich vocabulary can strengthen engineering students’ communicative competence and support employability goals in a fast-changing global education and corporate environment. It argues that language competency and word knowledge enable better thinking, idea exchange, academic success, and professional readiness. The study addresses vocabulary proficiency as a core component of language fluency and explores different kinds of vocabulary and key aspects of vocabulary knowledge that underpin effective learning.

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Abstract

Vocabulary as a core component

Vocabulary definitions and aspects

VEDA’S JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (JOELL) An International Peer ReviewedJournal [http://www.joell.in](http://www.joell.in) Vol.5 Spl. Issue 3 2018 NATIONAL SEMINAR PAPER ELICITING RICH VOCABULARY TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’COMMUNICATIVE COMPETENCE FOR EMPLOYBILITY Narayana Bashyam (Assoc.Prof., Dept. of. English, Sai Tirumala Engineering College, Jonnalagadda, Narasaraopet – 522601.) | | ABSTRACT
India has one of the largest and diverse education systems in the world. The spiraling developments at the global level invoke the quality of learning of a professional student. Every professional student should compete with the fast changing world to meet the demands of corporate competition. One should groom one’s personality in core skills, life skills and communication skills to face the challenges of industry. While at the college, it is both very important to become academically competent and effective communicator to aspire for MNCs. English language has become an important tool of communication for engineers in the industry. Language competency promotes engineering student for employment opportunities. Words are tools with which people communicate. The more words they know the better they can think and exchange their ideas with their peers.
The present study discusses how we can enhance the vocabulary proficiency of an engineering student to aspire for higher goals. It also focuses to improve their communicative ability. The study is intended to present different kinds of vocabulary as well as several aspects of vocabulary knowledge that are essential for professional students in learning language fluency. Vocabulary is a core component of language proficiency and provides the basis for understanding. The engineering students are expected to possess extensive vocabulary for both academic and professional purposes. It is very difficult to survive in global-economic society with limited word power. The chances for success for engineering aspirants increase with the range and application of their acquired vocabulary. It is vivid that a limited vocabulary hinders the prospects of the engineering students. A strong vocabulary meets the needs and requirements of an aspiring executive in the corporate sector.
Vocabulary is the knowledge of words and word meanings expressed via oral and written format both in productive and receptive forms. Learning words in any language other than one’s mother tongue is not a day’s task. Researchers opine that words are gradually learned over a period of time from numerous sources of exposure. Hence, there are different aspects of learning a word and students need to know how to use it in the classroom and in everyday situations. A word’s meaning must be learnt before that word is used. The potential knowledge that can be known about a word is rich and complex. Different perspectives of teaching vocabulary shed light on the complexity of helping learners achieve success in learning vocabulary appropriately. Keywords: English, Vocabulary, Language, Fluency.
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Attribution License 4.0 International License . | | 183 Proceedings of National Seminar on “Language of Literature and Culture” held on 22nd & 23rd Nov., 2018. Organised by the Dept. of English, JMJ College for Women, Tenali. VEDA’S JOURNAL OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE (JOELL) An International Peer ReviewedJournal [http://www.joell.in](http://www.joell.in) Vol.5 Spl. Issue 3 2018 INTRODUCTION The present study deals with the significance of strategies to elicit vocabulary among the students of engineering and technology. In the present century, linguistics and psycholinguistics observed vocabulary measures in many experiments: studies of human learning, reading and writing abili

FAQs

Why is rich vocabulary important for engineering students’ employability?

The study emphasizes that vocabulary power improves communication, supports language fluency, and helps students meet the demands of corporate and global-economic settings.

What does the paper claim about learning vocabulary over time?

Vocabulary learning is described as a gradual process built through prolonged exposure to multiple sources, rather than something achieved in a single day.

How does the paper define vocabulary?

It presents vocabulary as the knowledge of words and word meanings in both spoken and written forms, and it also cites several dictionary-based definitions for vocabulary usage.

Sep 28, 2026

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