THE PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION OF AN EFFECTIVE DIGITAL READING PROGRAM TO ENHANCE LITERACY SKILLS WITH RESPECT TO SECOND-LANGUAGE LEARNERS DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

Abstract

The age of digitalization empowers the whole world with distinct digital tools and techniques which paves way for the paradigm shift in the process of teaching as well as learning. As it has been broadened, the paper assignment has been transferred into digital and conventional becomes contextual. In order to reflect such changes in the system of education, a study was taken up to report using ICT digital tool ‘readworks.org’ for digital assessment on the account of observing the impact of reading skills and encourage them to be imbibed on the level of comprehension. The blended learning is encouraged in college grades as students centered learning is being totally indulged in both off line and online class mode. This acknowledged change in the context of education motivates language instructors to show learners on examining information by comprehending` the context and responding towards it. This work shows an experimental study which was done by 110 second language learners from two different branches of engineering college. The study consists of fifty-four students from the department of Electrical and communication Engineering and fifty-six from the department EEE. During this pandemic this reading based activity provided effective results and invigorates both language instructor and learners to be viably participated on this successful usage of the digital tool readworks.org in the fast and compelling enhancement of comprehension skills.