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Pre-requisites:
• Basic Knowledge of Grammar.
• Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing Skills as acquired in Secondary Education.
Course Objectives:
1. Learn to apply the basic grammar in day to day communication in English.
2. Comprehend the given ideas in a passage and be able to effectively express the same in English in written form.
3. Enrich their vocabulary through reading.
4. Face oral examinations and interviews.
5. Expresstheir ideas creativelythrough (spoken/written) exercises.
6. Create awareness about the importance of English in the Engineering and Corporate fields, to enlighten its importance in the current global scenario.
Course Content:
UNIT I:CAREER PLANNING (09Hrs)
Glossary; Comprehension Exercises;Vocabulary Exercises – Spelling;Grammar- Parts of Speech;Newspaper Reading and Comprehension;Descriptive Writing – Describing Objects;Listening/ Speaking Exercise – Self Introduction.
UNIT-II:THE GREAT INDIAN PSYCHOTHERAPY (09Hrs)
Glossary; Comprehension Exercises; Vocabulary Exercises – Prefixes and Suffixes;Grammar – Articles and Prepositions;Descriptive Writing – Describing People;Listening/ Speaking Exercises – Listening to speeches and writing gist of it in one’s own words.
UNIT III:GLOBAL WARMING (08Hrs)
Glossary; Comprehension Exercises; Vocabulary Exercises – Synonyms and Antonyms;Grammar – Auxiliaries, Question Tags and Short-form Answers;Descriptive Writing – Describing Places;Listening/ Speaking Exercises – Narrating one’s own experiences of different situations in their day- to-day life.
UNIT IV: RENDEZVOUS WITH A WOMAN CORPORATE GIANT (09Hrs)
Glossary; ComprehensionExercises; Vocabulary Exercises – Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs;Grammar – Subject-Verb Agreement;Descriptive Writing – Describing Processes;Listening/ Speaking Exercises – A short presentation on a given topic ;Paraphrasing of Proverbs;Different kinds of Interviews.
UNIT V: A UNIQUE PATIENT (09 Hrs)
Glossary; Comprehension Exercises; Vocabulary Exercises – Compound words; Grammar –Tenses; Descriptive Writing – Describing Events (Eg: College Day, National Festivals, Etc.); Comprehension of a paragraph;Quiz – Questions on health and hygiene.
UNIT VI: A FARMER’S WIFE (08 Hrs)
Glossary; Comprehension Exercises; Vocabulary Exercises – Formation of plurals;Grammar – Active and Passive Voices;Descriptive Writing – Describing one’s goal and its attainment; Developing hints into a paragraph; Comprehension of an unseen passage.
Course Delivery:
The Course will be delivered through lectures, class room interactions, exercises and case studies
Total No. Of Hours:52 Hours
Text - 18 Hours
Grammar and Composition - 34 Hours
Internal Assessment:Total 25 Marks
Internal Assessment Tests - 20 Marks
Classroom Assignment for Spoken Skills - 05 Marks
Text Book:
COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN ENGLISH FOR POLYTECHNICS – By ORIENT BLACKSWAN PUBLISHERS – Published By NITTTR CHENNAI