KEC Faculty Profile

Journals Published (International)

1.  An Examination on the Influence of Mother Tongue in English Language Learning, Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities.Jan 2016

2. An Action Research on the Applications of Discourse Markers in the Written Conversation of Entry - Level Engineering Students, ROOTS - International Journal of Multidisciplinary Researches, volume.3,issue 7,88-90. Feb 2017

3. ‘A Study on Enhancing the Second Language Proficiency using Oral Presentation of Tertiary Level Students’ in Shanlax International Journal of English, UGC approved Journal Number : 44248, ISSN: 2320 2645, Vol.6, special issue 1, pp.76-79, Feb 2018.

4. "Using Learner - Generated Dialogues To Enhance Language Skills Of Entry Level Engineering Students: A Post Method Study" in International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities,  ISSN - 2321 7065, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp. 705 - 715, February 2018

5. ‘‘Voice of the “Other” in Richard Wright’s Black Boy’ in Scott Light – Journal of English Studies – Special Edition on Fourth World Literature, Vol. II March 2018.

6. "A Study on Enhancing the Effective Use of Cohesive Devices by Using Descriptive Writing of English Language Learners at Tertiary Level" in International Journal of English Language, Literature in Humanities,  ISSN - 2321 7065, Volume 6, Issue 8, pp 509 -518,August 2018.

7. "Continuous Professional Development of English Teachers : Technology Supported Language Teaching" in International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field’, Vol - 5, Issue - 12, Dec - 2019.

8. "Enhancing Writing Skills of ELLs at Tertiary Level: A Lexical Approach" in International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field’, Vol - 6, Issue - 3, March - 2020.

9.  "A Review on Collaborative Method: A Learner-Centric Approach to Enhance Writing Skills" in International Journal for Innovative Research in Multidisciplinary Field’, Vol - 6, Issue - 3, March - 2020.

10. ‘Factors Contributing to Students’ Satisfaction Enrolled in Arts And Science Colleges’ in Journal of Critical Reviews, 7/14/786-789/July/2020.

11. ‘An Empirical Study on Identifying Factors Influencing the Writing Skills of English Language Learners at Tertiary Level’ in Journal of Critical Reviews, 7/14/726-729/July/2020.

12. ‘A Study on the Use of CLIL and MALL to Promote Vocabulary Skills Among Tertiary Level Learners’ in Journal of Critical Reviews, 7/14/2146-2150/August/2020

13. ‘An examination on the understanding of information printed on food labels by non-native speakers’’ in In AIP Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2387, No. 1, pp. 070004-1 - 070004-6). AIP Publishing LLC.(conference proceeding) 978-0-7354-4146-0

14. An Experimental Study on Enhancing the writing skills of Tertiary level Engineering Students through Contextual Teaching and Learning Approach in Journal of Oriental Institute, ISSN 0030-5324, Vol. No. 12, Issue. 01, No.03, January 2022.

15. Strategies to Enhance the word power of the tertiary level students in Journal of English Language Teachers Interaction Forum, Volume XII.4. October-December, 2021, ISSN 2230-7710

16. “A Study on Developing Writing Skills through Vocabulary Activities” Aadhunik Sahitya (ISSN: 2277-7083), published by Vishwa Hindi Sahitya Parishad. Vol. No. 42, Issue: April-June, 2022, pp: 269-273

17. “Role of Cohesive Devices in Enhancing the Writing Skills of the Tertiary Level Learners” in An International Peer-Reviewed English Journal, Research Journal of English (RJOE), ISSN: 2456-2696, published by Oray’s Publications. Vol-7, Issue-2, 2022, pp:464-469.  

Book Chapter

1. ‘Love as Individual Salvation in Gita Mehta's A River Sutra’  in Post Colonial Perspectives on Contemporary Indian Writing in an Edited Volume Book, Peyal Publications,Coimbatore, May 2016, ISBN NO. 9788193044032 

2. Enhancing the Language Competency of the Entry Level Tamil Medium Engineering Students-An Action Research’ in an Edited Volume Book,L Ordine Nuovo Publications, May 2017, ISBN: 9788193368299

3. ‘Imprints of Multicultural Aspects in Michael Ondaatje’s in In the Skin of a Lion’ in “War and Literature – A Critical Enquiry” an edited book, B-Digest Publications , ISBN: 978-93-84734-60-2, February 2018.

4. Enhancing Contextual Writing Skills among Tertiary Level Students- A Study in Inferences in English Language and Literature Research,Magnolia Publication, March 2019, ISBN: 978-9388397643

5. An Exploration on Issues and Challenges in Teaching Writing Skills to Tertiary Level Learners, Novel Trends and Techniques in Literature and Language Research, Vol: 3, ISBN: 9789386890375 pg.no 63-72 

6. ‘An Exploration on Issues And Challenges in Teaching Writing Skills to Tertiary Level Learners’ in  Innovations and Technologies for Soft Skill Development and Learning, IGI Global Publisher, Pg. No. 98-107

7. Proceedings 4th National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies e-CONCEPT Book, organised by the department of Food Technology, Kongu Engineering College, 20th February 2021, ISBN 978-93-5445-363-2 pg. 27

8. ‘Post-Structural Aspects in Enhancing Subject-Verb Agreement Usage in Writing Skills at the Tertiary Level in Research Trends in Multidisciplinary Subjects - Volume 4 Red Shine Publication Pvt ltd. Gujarat, November, 2021 (First Edition), ISBN: 978-93-91479-24-4, (eBook) ISBN-10: 9-39-147924-3, Page: No: 54 -58

9. A Study on Developing Vocabulary using Contextual Activities to Improve the Writing Skills of Entry Level Engineering Students, in peer-reviewed edited book entitled Contemporary issues in Multidisciplinary Subjects - Volume 4, Red Shine Publication Pvt ltd. Gujarat, March, 2022 (First Edition), ISBN: 978-93-93239-66-2, (eBook) ISBN-10: 93-93239-66-5, DIP: 18.10.9393239665, DOI: 10.25215/9393239665, Page: No: 250 -255

10. The Psychological Perspectives of Human Resilience in Bharati Mukherjees Jasmine, in peer-reviewed edited book entitled Contemporary issues in Multidisciplinary Subjects - Volume 4, Red Shine Publication Pvt ltd. Gujarat, March, 2022 (First Edition), ISBN: 978-93-93239-66-2, (eBook) ISBN-10: 93-93239-66-5, DIP: 18.10.9393239665, DOI: 10.25215/9393239665, Page: No: 176 -180

Paper Presented in International Conferences

1. A Study on the Use of Discourse Marker 'Okay' in Written Conversation of Entry Level Engineering Students,International Congress on English Grammar (ICEG), January 2017, K S rangasamy College of Arts and Science, Namakkal.

2. An action research on the Applications of Discourse Markers in the Written Conversation of Entry - Level Engineering Students,International Conference on Innovations in English Language Teaching and LiteraryStudies, Feb. 2017,Auxilium College (Autonomous), Vellore

3. Enhancing the Language Competency of the Entry Level Tamil Medium Engineering Sudents-An Action Research, ICSSR sponsored Two days National Conference on Strategies for Enhancing Communication in English & Literary Skills of Socially Backward and Rural Students, Mar. 2017

4.  Voice of the “Other” in Richard Wright’s Black Boy’ in International Conference on Fourth World Literature, 2nd February 2018, Scott Christian College, Nagercoil.

5. A Study on Enhancing the Second Language Proficiency using Oral Presentation of Tertiary Level Students, Two day International Conference on Language, Literature and Society, February 2018 at Islamiah Women’s Arts and Science College, Vaniyambadi.

6. 'A Next Generation ELT Instructional Design to Promote Effective Vocabulary Learning' in One day International Conference on Emerging Trends in the English and Foreign Language Teaching February 2019, VIT University, Chennai.

7. 'Improving the Writing Skills of ELLs at Tertiary Level: An Experimental Study' in Two Day International Conference on New Waves in Language and Literature, February 2019, Sri Krishna College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore. 

8.  'An Exploration on Issues and Challenges in Teaching Writing Skills to Tertiary Level Learners' in Two Day International Conference on Innovations in the Teaching of English Langauge and Literature, August 2019, VIT University, Vellore

9. Effective Strategies to Enhance the Vocabulary of English Language Learners (ELLS) at Tertiary Level, A two day International conference on Emerging trends in English Language Teaching (ICETELT’19), Kongu Engineering College, 8th & 9th March 2019

10. "Enhancing Writing Skills of ELLs at Tertiary Level: A Lexical Approach" in Two Day International Conference in English Language Teaching, Literature and Cultural Studies, January 2020, Christ College, Irinjalakuda, Kerala.

11. “Strategies to Enrich Vocabulary and Writing Skills of Second Language Learners at Tertiary Level” in in International Conference on Communication, Computation & Cognition (IC3C-2021) Organized by School of Advanced Sciences & Languages (SASL), School of Computing Science &Engineering (SCSE), of VIT Bhopal University in collaboration with School of Languages & Linguistics (SLL) of Jadavpur University, 29th January to 31st January 2021.

12. “Influence of Vocabulary in Developing Writing Skills of Tertiary Level Students Using Cognitive Approach" in 15th International and 51st Annual Conference of ELTAI; ELT in India: New Needs, New Demands, New Trends on 20th, 21st  27th and 28th  November 2021.

13.  A Study on Enhancing the Writing Skills of the Tertiary Level Learners Using Experiential Narratives Through Visuals and Images in the 2-day international conference on drawing meaning through visual narratives, organised by the Department of Languages, Presidency University, Bengaluru, 2nd and 3rd August 2023.

Paper Presented in  National Conferences

1. Feminism and Indian Women- Precept and Practice,Sep 2014

2. “Status of Women in India” Gender and Literature, Jan 2015

3. "Strategies for Professional Development of English Language Teachers"PRAYAG. April 2016.

4.  Imprints of Multicultural Aspects in Michael Ondaatje’s in In the Skin of a Lion’ in One day National Conference on “War and Literature” Feb 2018.

5. ‘Enhancing Contextual Writing Skills among Tertiary Level Students’ in National Conference on Recent Trends in English Language and Literature, 1st February   2019, Immaculate college for Women , Viriyur, Villupuram.

6. “An Examination on the Understanding of Information Printed on the Labels of Food Products by Non-Native speakers – An Indian Experience” in 4th National Conference on Current & Emerging Process Technologies e-CONCEPT, organised by Kongu Engineering College, Erode on 20th February 2021.

Programmes Organised 

1.  A One day workshop on Paving way for the future in association with British council at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai,11th March 2013.

2. Intensive Training Programme on Career Skills Development for III & Final year students at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, 3rd February 2015

3. One day Workshop on English Proficiency Development at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, 29th August 2015

4. A 2-day training cum workshop on Research in ELT and Applied Linguistics at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai on 4th & 5th March 2016

5. A one day FDP on Workplace Communication and Soft Skills, at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai, 20th August 2019

6. A Two-Day National Webinar on Exploring New Possibilities in English Language Teaching in the 21st Century, 21st & 22nd December 2020 at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai.

7. A One-Day National Online Workshop on Art of Writing Research Papers for SCI / Scopus Journals in Social Sciences, 09th April 2021 at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai

8. A Two-Day National Online Workshop on Writing Interpretations for Statistical Tools in Research held on 12.07.2021 & 13.07.2021 organised by the Department of English (In association with IIPC) at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai

9. A Two-Day National Online Workshop on Research Writing and Research Methodology in Humanities and Social Sciences held on 30.10.2021 organised by the Department of English (In association with IIPC) at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai

10. A One-day International Webinar on Paradigm Shift in Changing Perspectives on English Language Teaching and Learning on 12.11.2021 at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai

11.  A One-Day National Online Workshop on Nuances of Writing Successful Research Proposals for Funding Agencies on 13.02.2022 organised by the Department of English (In association with IIPC) at Kongu Engineering College, Perundurai.

Awards

1. Selected as Best Faculty of Department of English for the academic year 2014-2015 from Kongu Engineering College.

2. Selected as Best Faculty 2021- Cape Comorin Awards

3. Received National Best Researcher Award 2022 in English Language and Literature – The International Multidisciplinary Research Foundation  

4. National Women Excellence Award 2023 – The National Academy for Art Education.

Materials 

Professional Skills Training I 

Professional Skills Training II

E- Content 

20EGT11 - English Language Skills