A Study of Selective English Language Lab Activities towards Honing Soft Skills by Using Analytical Hierarchy Method
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TheFourthIndustrialRevolutionischaracterizedbytheseamless integrationofdigital tech
nologiesintoindustrialoperationsandsystems.Thetwenty-firstcenturyisawitnesstounparalleledadvance
mentsindatagenerationandconnectivity, sophisticatedanalytics,andincreasinglyseamlesshuman-machine
interaction. Theprofessionalarenahassignificantlybeenreshapedasthere isaccelerationinadoptingnew
technologies,drivenbytheneedtoremainrelevantinthecurrentcompetitiveglobalmarket.Foranengineer
inggraduate, thedigital shift inthe industryhasheightenedtheneedtobeequippedwiththetechnological
competencysincetheyarerequirednotonlytounderstandtraditionalengineeringprinciplesbutalsotopos
sesstheaptitudetoworkwithemergingtechnologieswhichinturnenablesthemtoinnovate, solvecomplex
problemswitheaseandcollaborateeffectivelyindigitallyintegratedplatforms. However, theemployability
andsustenance inthe industry,fightingalloddsarenotguaranteedonlybyacquiringthehardskills.Tech
nicalcompetenceoncecomplementedbytheessentialsoftskillscanensureholisticprofessionalgrowthforan
engineeringgraduateresultingintoenhancedworkefficiencyandsustainedrelevance. TheEnglishlanguage
labsinengineeringcollegesacrossIndiacancatertotheseneedsbyeffectivedesigningofvariouslabactivities
suchasdebates, groupdiscussions, roleplays, powerpointpresentations just tonameafew. Inthis study
theauthorsadoptedtheAnalyticalHierarchyProcess(AHP)asadecision-makingtool toassessthe impact
ofdifferent labactivitiesandidentifythemost in-demandsoftskill inthecurrentprofessional landscape.
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