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- Title
The Importance of Group Discussion and the Role of Participants.
- Authors
Nagarathinam, D.; Lakshmanan, L.
- Abstract
Group Discussion (GD) plays a major role in selecting the final candidates in any interview for the Corporate. It is also a method used to test the fluency of a candidate. It is used for testing the potential and the behavioral aspects of the candidates which reflects the inherent quality of the candidates. It is a modern way of assessing the student's personality. GD is a forum where people sit together to discuss a topic with the common objective of finding a solution for a problem or an issue that is given. GD is conducted to measure certain attributes in a candidate such as content, communication skills, group behavior and leadership skills. The students have to be very fluent in English if they want to participate in a Group Discussion. In any group discussion the students are required to speak constantly on a topic, so good communicative skill is a must.. The speech should be without grammatical errors. Use of appropriate vocabulary would be an added advantage. Group discussions are also conducted to test the candidates fluency, pronunciation and communicative skills. Listening carefully is another important aspect of a group discussion. In any group discussion the candidates are required to listen to others. If the candidate's listening skills are poor, then they won't be able to concentrate. Effective listening would help the candidates respond to others in a better way. This paper presents the importance of the GD and the role of the participants in the GD in a detailed manner, so that this paper will be helpful for the students community those who want to participate.
- Subjects
FORUMS; CORPORATE communications; ENGLISH language ability testing; LEADERSHIP; ENGLISH grammar
- Publication
Language in India, 2016, Vol 16, Issue 4, p169
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article