Media Release

Mangaluru, Sep 2: The Department of English of St Agnes College (Autonomous) organized an online certificate course called Basic English Skills for Great Careers for the students of their undergraduate programmes to improve their language skills and consequently their chances for employability.

The course was officially inaugurated on August 17 by Giselle Mehta, a creative writer and motivational speaker through a Google Meet. The principal Sr Dr M Venissa AC flagged off the participants to perform well.

As part of the inaugural, Giselle Mehta conducted a creative writing competition for the participants.

Jean Lobo bagged the first place and Rithika Adappa and B Vaishnavi Shenoy of IIIrd BSc bagged the second and third place respectively. They were awarded cash prizes and e-certificates.

The course which commenced on Monday August 17 and concluded on September 1 spanned for thirty hours in total. The topics covered were a wide array from Functional English, including common errors in English, Grammar, Communication Skills, Pronunciation with Phonetics, Perfect Presentation Skills and Communication for better confidence.

The resource people were teachers from the department and some well-experienced professionals and trainers from the corporate world. Two hundred and twenty students enrolled for the course. Their performance was assessed and they were awarded e-certificates based on their performance. Overall, the course attempted to give students a career boost by working on their language, communication skills and creative thinking abilities.