I am sleeping, dreaming, eating and drinking 'quotations', 'proposals' ,'comparative statements', 'assignments', 'record note books', attendance statements, 'Lab based exams', 'online tests', 'patch cords' etc for the past three weeks. Work is proceeding at a feversih pitch for the Language Resource Centre. For all this, maybe, I may not roast in Hell after all.

To top it all, I have been asked to prepare a 'Diagonostic Test' to test the proficiency level of our students in English. Am trying my best to first of all understand the dynamics of the test and the methodology to be followed in the design of such a test. However, with all the background study of it, I see a ray of light and hopefully, the task should be over by mid October.

Once again, students of the third year surprise us with their hard work for the Communication Skills Lab. The long hours of classes, the entire afternoon sometimes, seem to have paid off, as we hear of more students participating in paper presentations and winning prizes. And, their presentations on general topics are amazing...all very interesting and visually enriched. How well they present their ideas! Well, there may be one or two who may not be entirely good, but then, I feel teachers should be tolerant of students and not always expect the best. Sometimes, it is just not their day and everything goes wrong, including at the presentation in the English class. That's O.K. There should not be only X Men in a class... there may be a few slow takers.