On 22nd July, 2017, Dr. Gopal Krishna Dwivedi attended an important workshop on ‘Emerging Trends for English Language and Communication: A Practical Approach’ which was organized by the Oxford University Press at the OUP, Noida. The Resource Person of the workshop was a renowned educationist Dr. Mukti Sanyal, Principal, Bharti College (Delhi University), New Delhi. The participants were from various reputed universities and colleges like Amity University, Shiv Nadar University (HCL Group), BML Munjal University (Hero Group), SRM University and other prestigious institutions.
The full day workshop was split in two sessions. The first session was on the ‘Prominent Changes in ELT Principles in This Decade’ in which Dr. Sanyal insisted for the following points –
 

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Content and context based learning: The students wish to learn only what is relevant to their lifestyles and career.  Focus has now shifted from the language to the language user. English learning for employability rather than just a language skill. Teachers now have to be a lifelong learner. The second session of the workshop was after the lunch. During this session, the participants were divided into groups of 7-8 people each to discuss the utility of Language Lab for learning a language, its limitations and suggestions to make it more effective. The deliberations were frank and thought provoking.
The workshop proved to be enriching and relevant for all the participating English and Communication Teachers. Even participants like Dr. Anannya Dasgupta (from SNU, Greater Noida) who has done her post graduation and PhD from Rutgers University, USA, found the workshop extremely useful.