WEB BASED RESOURCES AND TOOLS IN ONLINE LEARNING: A PARTICIPATORY AND COLLABORATIVE METHOD TO ENHANCE READING AND WRITING SKILLS IN THE STUDENTS STUDYING INTERMEDIATE COURSE OF ANDHRA PRADESH AND TELANGANA STATES

The paper examines various reading and writing activities/exercises given in the English textbooks prescribed for the students studying intermediate in the select colleges of the two states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. The paper also reviews the familiarity of students and teachers with the available web based resources and tools that aid in participatory and collaborative online learning process. As part of the study student and teacher questionnaires were administered to I and II year Intermediate students of select private junior colleges. Further, tasks have been designed for reading and writing activities in order to enable the use of digital tools. Later, qualitative data from focus- group interviews was used to analyze the efficacy of digital tools and web based resources in enhancing reading and writing skills. Finally, the paper suggests potential online resources like websites and digital tools for enhancing the reading and writing skills of students that foster the process of teaching/ learning ESL