• Dr.Arockiados Esther Shanthini

This paper attempts to study the vitality of designing and developing the English Bridge Course for the college level students. Present day academic institutions are involved in the task of preparing the students to face the international arena which is dominated by English. The objective of College English curriculum is to develop students’ ability to use English in all-round way, especially in Listening and Speaking. This equip the students to interact, exchange information effectively through both spoken and written channels independently to meet the social, economic and academic needs. The Bridge Course was designed to meet the requirements of the learners so that they could use English as a referential Language. The Bridge Course is introduced in the Professional and Arts colleges of Tamil Nadu to give a rapid intensive revision for the College entrants to enable them to pursue their degree Course in English medium. The Educationists have been successful in delivering the English Bridge Course Materials for the first year undergraduate students of their respective colleges. But never the less importance must be given to the even distribution of the Language skills.

Bridge Course, Language Skills, curriculum, ELT.

" VALIDATION OF ENGLISH BRIDGE COURSE FOR THE COLLEGE LEVEL ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no.77-84, April-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBA06024.pdf

" VALIDATION OF ENGLISH BRIDGE COURSE FOR THE COLLEGE LEVEL ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 4, page no. pp77-84, April-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBA06024.pdf